1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; directing commissioner of education to prepare report for 
1.3 	the legislature on K-12 students' experience with physical education.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON K-12 STUDENTS' EXPERIENCE 
1.6 	WITH PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
 1.7 	(a) The commissioner of education must prepare and submit to the education policy 
1.8 	and finance committees of the legislature by January 15, 2015, a written report on K-12 
1.9 	students' experience with physical education, consistent with this section. Among other 
1.10 	physical education-related issues, the report must include:
1.11 	(1) the number of minutes per day and frequency per week students in each grade 
1.12 	level, kindergarten through grade 8, receive physical education, identify the requirements 
1.13 	in high school physical education in terms of semesters, quarters, or school years;
1.14 	(2) the measures and data used to assess students' level of fitness and the uses made 
1.15 	of the fitness data;
1.16 	(3) the educational preparation of physical education instructors and the proportion 
1.17 	of time certified physical education teachers provide physical education instruction;
1.18 	(4) the amount of time and number of days per week each grade level, kindergarten 
1.19 	through grade 6, receives recess;
1.20 	(5) whether high school students are allowed to substitute other activities for 
1.21 	required physical education, and, if so, which activities qualify;
1.22 	(6) identify the number or percentage of high school students who earn required 
1.23 	physical education credits online; and
2.1 	(7) whether schools offer before or after school physical activities opportunities in 
2.2 	each grade level, kindergarten through grade 8, and in high school, and, if so, what are the 
2.3 	opportunities.
2.4 	(b) Any costs of preparing this report must be paid for out of the Department of 
2.5 	Education's current operating budget.

2.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.