HF 2672

1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/19/2014 12:14pm

A bill for an act
relating to education; directing commissioner of education to prepare report for
the legislature on K-12 students' experience with physical education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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