Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	84R4772 JSL-D
2	2	By: Allen H.B. No. 2086
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to health and physical education requirements in public
8	8	schools.
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	full-day prekindergarten, in kindergarten, or in a grade level
15	15	below grade six to participate in moderate or vigorous daily
16	16	physical activity for at least 30 minutes throughout the school
17	17	year as part of the district's physical education curriculum or
18	18	through structured activity during a school campus's daily
19	19	recess. To the extent practicable, a school district shall require
20	20	a student enrolled in prekindergarten on less than a full-day basis
21	21	to participate in the same type and amount of physical activity as a
22	22	student enrolled in full-day prekindergarten. A school district
23	23	shall require students enrolled in grade levels six, seven, and
24	24	eight to participate in moderate or vigorous daily physical
25	25	activity for at least 30 minutes for six [at least four] semesters
26	26	during those grade levels as part of the district's physical
27	27	education curriculum. If a school district determines, for any
28	28	particular grade level below grade six, that requiring moderate or
29	29	vigorous daily physical activity is impractical due to scheduling
30	30	concerns or other factors, the district may as an alternative
31	31	require a student in that grade level to participate in moderate or
32	32	vigorous physical activity for at least 135 minutes during each
33	33	school week. Additionally, a school district may as an alternative
34	34	require a student enrolled in a grade level for which the district
35	35	uses block scheduling to participate in moderate or vigorous
36	36	physical activity for at least 225 minutes during each period of two
37	37	school weeks. A school district must provide for an exemption for:
38	38	(1) any student who is unable to participate in the
39	39	required physical activity because of illness or disability; and
40	40	(2) a middle school or junior high school student who
41	41	participates in an extracurricular activity with a moderate or
42	42	vigorous physical activity component that is considered a
43	43	structured activity under rules adopted by the commissioner.
44	44	(l-4) The agency shall develop and institute policies on the
45	45	recess period during the school day that encourage constructive,
46	46	age-appropriate outdoor playtime. The policies must include
47	47	guidelines for outdoor equipment and facilities on public school
48	48	campuses that maximize the effectiveness of outdoor physical
49	49	activity.
50	50	SECTION 2. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, is amended
51	51	to read as follows:
52	52	(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
53	53	that the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school
54	54	program under Subsection (a) include a requirement that students
55	55	successfully complete:
56	56	(1) four credits in English language arts under
57	57	Section 28.002(a)(1)(A), including one credit in English I, one
58	58	credit in English II, one credit in English III, and one credit in
59	59	an advanced English course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
60	60	(2) three credits in mathematics under Section
61	61	28.002(a)(1)(B), including one credit in Algebra I, one credit in
62	62	geometry, and one credit in any advanced mathematics course
63	63	authorized under Subsection (b-2);
64	64	(3) three credits in science under Section
65	65	28.002(a)(1)(C), including one credit in biology, one credit in any
66	66	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2), and one
67	67	credit in integrated physics and chemistry or in an additional
68	68	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
69	69	(4) three credits in social studies under Section
70	70	28.002(a)(1)(D), including one credit in United States history, at
71	71	least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in
72	72	economics, and one credit in world geography or world history;
73	73	(5) except as provided under Subsections (b-12),
74	74	(b-13), and (b-14), two credits in the same language in a language
75	75	other than English under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A);
76	76	(6) four [five] elective credits;
77	77	(7) one credit in fine arts under Section
78	78	28.002(a)(2)(D); [and]
79	79	(8) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), 1-1/2
80	80	credits [one credit] in physical education under Section
81	81	28.002(a)(2)(C); and
82	82	(9) one-half credit in health under Section
83	83	28.002(a)(2)(B).
84	84	SECTION 3. Section 28.002(l), Education Code, as amended by
85	85	this Act, applies only to students entering the sixth grade during
86	86	the 2015-2016 school year or a later school year. For students
87	87	entering a grade above sixth grade during the 2015-2016 school
88	88	year, Section 28.002(l), Education Code, as that section existed
89	89	before amendment by this Act, applies, and that section is
90	90	continued in effect for that purpose.
91	91	SECTION 4. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as amended
92	92	by this Act, applies only to students entering the ninth grade
93	93	during the 2015-2016 school year or a later school year. For
94	94	students entering a grade above ninth grade during the 2015-2016
95	95	school year, Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as that section
96	96	existed before amendment by this Act, applies, and that section is
97	97	continued in effect for that purpose.
98	98	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
99	99	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
100	100	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
101	101	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
102	102	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.