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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 85 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Cepicky |
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| 8 | 7 | | |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0085 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 000694 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 12 | 11 | | |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, |
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| 14 | 13 | | relative to physical activity for students. |
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| 15 | 14 | | |
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| 16 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-1021(a), is amended by |
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| 18 | 17 | | deleting the subsection and substituting: |
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| 19 | 18 | | (a) In accordance with ยง 49-6-1022, each LEA shall integrate: |
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| 20 | 19 | | (1) For elementary school students, a minimum of sixty (60) minutes of |
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| 21 | 20 | | physical activity per full school day; and |
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| 22 | 21 | | (2) For middle and high school students, a minimum of ninety (90) |
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| 23 | 22 | | minutes of physical activity per full school week. |
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| 24 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-1021(b), is amended by |
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| 25 | 24 | | deleting the subsection and substituting: |
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| 26 | 25 | | (b) |
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| 27 | 26 | | (1) Physical activity may include walking, jumping rope, playing |
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| 28 | 27 | | volleyball, or other forms of physical activity that promote fitness and well-being. |
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| 29 | 28 | | Walking to and from class is not physical activity for purposes of this section. |
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| 30 | 29 | | (2) To satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a)(1): |
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| 31 | 30 | | (A) Physical activity: |
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| 32 | 31 | | (i) Must include unstructured play outside, unless weather |
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| 33 | 32 | | conditions negatively impact reasonable execution of physical |
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| 34 | 33 | | activity outside; and |
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| 35 | 34 | | (ii) Does not include: |
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| 36 | 35 | | |
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| 37 | 36 | | |
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| 38 | 37 | | - 2 - 000694 |
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| 39 | 38 | | |
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| 40 | 39 | | (a) Time during which a student is permitted to use |
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| 41 | 40 | | an electronic device; or |
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| 42 | 41 | | (b) Time spent by a student in a physical education |
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| 43 | 42 | | class; |
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| 44 | 43 | | (B) An LEA shall offer elementary students two (2) thirty-minute |
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| 45 | 44 | | periods of physical activity per school day, one (1) session occurring in |
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| 46 | 45 | | the morning and one (1) session occurring in the afternoon; and |
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| 47 | 46 | | (C) A student shall not be withheld from participating in physical |
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| 48 | 47 | | activity as a form of punishment. |
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| 49 | 48 | | SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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