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1		-	By: Gonzales, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 440
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 13, 2015;
3		-	April 30, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Education; May 11, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to adapting the public school physical education
12	6		curriculum to accommodate the needs of students with mental
13	7		disabilities.
14	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	9		SECTION 1. Section 28.002(d), Education Code, is amended to
16	10		read as follows:
17	11		(d) The physical education curriculum required under
18	12		Subsection (a)(2)(C) must be sequential, developmentally
19	13		appropriate, and designed, implemented, and evaluated to enable
20	14		students to develop the motor, self-management, and other skills,
21	15		knowledge, attitudes, and confidence necessary to participate in
22	16		physical activity throughout life. Each school district shall
23	17		establish specific objectives and goals the district intends to
24	18		accomplish through the physical education curriculum. In
25	19		identifying the essential knowledge and skills of physical
26	20		education, the State Board of Education shall ensure that the
27	21		curriculum:
28	22		(1) emphasizes the knowledge and skills capable of
29	23		being used during a lifetime of regular physical activity;
30	24		(2) is consistent with national physical education
31	25		standards for:
32	26		(A) the information that students should learn
33	27		about physical activity; and
34	28		(B) the physical activities that students should
35	29		be able to perform;
36	30		(3) requires that, on a weekly basis, at least 50
37	31		percent of the physical education class be used for actual student
38	32		physical activity and that the activity be, to the extent
39	33		practicable, at a moderate or vigorous level;
40	34		(4) offers students an opportunity to choose among
41	35		many types of physical activity in which to participate;
42	36		(5) offers students both cooperative and competitive
43	37		games;
44	38		(6) meets the needs of students of all physical
45	39		ability levels, including students who have a [disability,] chronic
46	40		health problem, disability, including a student who is a person
47	41		with a disability described under Section 29.003(b) or criteria
48	42		developed by the agency in accordance with that section, or other
49	43		special need that precludes the student from participating in
50	44		regular physical education instruction but who might be able to
51	45		participate in physical education that is suitably adapted and, if
52	46		applicable, included in the student's individualized education
53	47		program;
54	48		(7) takes into account the effect that gender and
55	49		cultural differences might have on the degree of student interest
56	50		in physical activity or on the types of physical activity in which a
57	51		student is interested;
58	52		(8) teaches self-management and movement skills;
59	53		(9) teaches cooperation, fair play, and responsible
60	54		participation in physical activity;
61	55		(10) promotes student participation in physical
62	56		activity outside of school; and
63	57		(11) allows physical education classes to be an
64	58		enjoyable experience for students.
65	59		SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
66	60		school year.
67	61		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
68	62		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
69	63		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
70	64		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
71	65		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	66	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	67	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	68	+	I certify that H.B. No. 440 was passed by the House on April
	69	+	9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	70	+	voting.
	71	+	______________________________
	72	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	73	+	I certify that H.B. No. 440 was passed by the Senate on May
	74	+	13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	75	+	______________________________
	76	+	Secretary of the Senate
	77	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	78	+	Date
	79	+	_____________________
	80	+	Governor