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| 1 | 1 | 81R1257 PAM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Deshotel H.B. No. 159 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to unstructured activity requirements for public | |
| 8 | 8 | elementary school students. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (q) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (q) In addition to the daily physical activity requirement | |
| 13 | 13 | prescribed by Subsection (l), a school district shall require a | |
| 14 | 14 | student enrolled in elementary school to participate in | |
| 15 | 15 | unstructured and undirected play for at least 20 minutes each | |
| 16 | 16 | school day throughout the school year. In implementing this | |
| 17 | 17 | subsection, the district shall consider the recommendations | |
| 18 | 18 | provided under Section 28.004(l) by the local school health | |
| 19 | 19 | advisory council. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 | |
| 21 | 21 | school year. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |