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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 951 |
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| 5 | 5 | | January 26, 2024 - Introduced by Senators TOMCZYK, CABRAL-GUEVARA and |
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| 6 | 6 | | COWLES, cosponsored by Representatives PENTERMAN, ROZAR, HURD, BEHNKE, |
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| 7 | 7 | | SCHMIDT, O'CONNOR, MURSAU, MELOTIK, GOEBEN, EDMING and S. JOHNSON. |
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| 8 | 8 | | Referred to Committee on Education. |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT to create 118.07 (1m) of the statutes; relating to: requiring public and |
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| 10 | 10 | | private schools to offer a minimum amount of physical activity each week. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 12 | 12 | | Under this bill, beginning in the 2024-25 school year, public schools, including |
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| 13 | 13 | | independent charter schools, and private schools participating in a parental choice |
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| 14 | 14 | | program must offer at least 180 minutes of physical activity each week to pupils in |
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| 15 | 15 | | kindergarten to eighth grade. Under the bill, physical activity is defined as |
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| 16 | 16 | | participation in exercise, sports, recreation, wellness, or fitness activities. The bill |
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| 17 | 17 | | specifies that physical activity may occur during recess, physical education class, |
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| 18 | 18 | | school-sponsored athletics, or any other school-sponsored activity. |
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| 19 | 19 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 20 | 20 | | enact as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. 118.07 (1m) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 22 | 22 | | 118.07 (1m) (a) In this subsection, “physical activity” means participation in |
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| 23 | 23 | | exercise, sports, games, recreation, wellness, or fitness activities. “Physical activity” |
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| 24 | 24 | | includes participation during recess, physical education class, school-sponsored |
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| 25 | 25 | | athletics, or any other school-sponsored activity. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 951 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) Every school board, governing body of a private school participating in a |
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| 36 | 36 | | program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, and governing board of a charter school shall |
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| 37 | 37 | | ensure that during each week of a school term at least 180 minutes of physical |
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| 38 | 38 | | activity is offered to pupils in the elementary grades during school hours. This |
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| 39 | 39 | | paragraph does not apply to a school board, governing body of a private school |
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| 40 | 40 | | participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, or governing board of a charter |
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| 41 | 41 | | school that does not operate elementary grades. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2.0Initial applicability. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) This act first applies to the 2024-25 school year. |
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