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1		-	S.B. No. 1873
	1	+	By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1873
	2	+	(Wilson)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to a report regarding certain health and safety
6	8		information prepared by the Texas Education Agency.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Section 38.0141, Education Code, is amended to
9	11		read as follows:
10	12		Sec. 38.0141. REPORTING OF CERTAIN HEALTH AND SAFETY
11	13		INFORMATION REQUIRED. (a) Each school district shall provide to
12	14		the agency information as required by the commissioner, including
13	15		statistics and data, relating to student health and physical
14	16		activity and information described by Section 28.004(k), presented
15	17		in a form determined by the commissioner. The district shall
16	18		provide the information required by this subsection [section] for
17	19		the district and for each campus in the district.
18	20		(b) Not later than one year after the agency receives the
19	21		information required by Subsection (a), the commissioner shall
20	22		complete a report on physical education provided by each school
21	23		district and publish the report on the agency's Internet website.
22	24		(c) The report must include:
23	25		(1) the number of physical education classes offered
24	26		at each campus in the district and detail the number of days,
25	27		classes, and minutes offered each week by each campus;
26	28		(2) the ratio of students enrolled in physical
27	29		education classes in the district compared to the overall
28	30		enrollment;
29	31		(3) the average physical education class size at each
30	32		campus in the district;
31	33		(4) the number of physical education teachers in the
32	34		district who are licensed, certified, or endorsed by an accredited
33	35		teacher preparation program to teach physical education;
34	36		(5) whether each campus in the district has the
35	37		appropriate equipment and adequate facilities for students to
36	38		engage in the amount and intensity of physical activity required
37	39		under Section 28.002;
38	40		(6) whether the district allows modifications or
39	41		accommodations that allow physical education courses to meet the
40	42		needs of students with disabilities; and
41	43		(7) whether the district has a policy that allows
42	44		teachers or administrators in the district to withhold physical
43	45		activity from a student as punishment.
44	46		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
45	47		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
46	48		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
47	49		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
48	50		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
49		-	______________________________ ______________________________
50		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
51		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1873 passed the Senate on
52		-	May 9, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.
53		-	______________________________
54		-	Secretary of the Senate
55		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1873 passed the House on
56		-	May 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 9, two
57		-	present not voting.
58		-	______________________________
59		-	Chief Clerk of the House
60		-	Approved:
61		-	______________________________
62		-	Date
63		-	______________________________
64		-	Governor