Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB2311 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R3056 JRJ-D
2	2	By: Olivo H.B. No. 2311
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to requiring school districts to report compliance with
8	8	physical activity requirements.
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	amending Subsection (l) and adding Subsection (l-4) to read as
12	12	follows:
13	13	(l) A school district shall require a student enrolled in
14	14	kindergarten or a grade level below grade six to participate in
15	15	moderate or vigorous daily physical activity for at least 30
16	16	minutes throughout the school year as part of the district's
17	17	physical education curriculum or through structured activity
18	18	during a school campus's daily recess. A school district shall
19	19	require students enrolled in grade levels six, seven, and eight to
20	20	participate in moderate or vigorous daily physical activity for at
21	21	least 30 minutes for at least four semesters during those grade
22	22	levels as part of the district's physical education curriculum. If
23	23	a school district determines, for any particular grade level below
24	24	grade six, that requiring moderate or vigorous daily physical
25	25	activity is impractical due to scheduling concerns or other
26	26	factors, the district may as an alternative require a student in
27	27	that grade level to participate in moderate or vigorous physical
28	28	activity for at least 135 minutes during each school week.
29	29	Additionally, a school district may as an alternative require a
30	30	student enrolled in a grade level for which the district uses block
31	31	scheduling to participate in moderate or vigorous physical activity
32	32	for at least 225 minutes during each period of two school weeks. A
33	33	school campus may not fulfill the requirements of this subsection
34	34	with unstructured activity or recess. A school district must
35	35	provide for an exemption for:
36	36	(1) any student who is unable to participate in the
37	37	required physical activity because of illness or disability; and
38	38	(2) a middle school or junior high school student who
39	39	participates in an extracurricular activity with a moderate or
40	40	vigorous physical activity component that is considered a
41	41	structured activity under rules adopted by the commissioner.
42	42	(l-4) Not later than the 30th day before the first day of
43	43	instruction of the school year, each elementary and middle school
44	44	campus in a school district shall submit to the district the daily
45	45	or weekly schedule of moderate or vigorous physical activity to be
46	46	used by that campus during that school year. Not later than the
47	47	60th day after the first day of instruction of the school year, each
48	48	district shall review the schedules for compliance with Subsection
49	49	(l) and submit a report to the agency listing which campuses of the
50	50	district are in compliance and which campuses of the district are
51	51	not in compliance.
52	52	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
53	53	school year.
54	54	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
55	55	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
56	56	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
57	57	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
58	58	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.