SF 2489

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; requiring student participation 
  1.3             in a minimum number of physical education courses; 
  1.4             changing term from elective standards to local 
  1.5             standards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 
  1.6             Supplement, section 120B.022. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 
  1.9   120B.022, is amended to read: 
  1.10     120B.022 [ELECTIVE LOCAL STANDARDS.] 
  1.11     Subdivision 1.  [ELECTIVE LOCAL STANDARDS.] A district must 
  1.12  establish its own standards in the following subject areas: 
  1.13     (1) health and physical education; 
  1.14     (2) vocational and technical education; and 
  1.15     (3) world languages. 
  1.16     A school district must offer courses in all elective local 
  1.17  standard subject areas.  A public elementary or middle school 
  1.18  student must participate in a physical education course during 
  1.19  each quarter or semester of each school year.  A public high 
  1.20  school student must participate in a physical education course 
  1.21  or in an interscholastic athletic program during at least one 
  1.22  quarter or semester of each school year. 
  1.23     Subd. 2.  [LOCAL ASSESSMENTS.] A district must use a 
  1.24  locally selected assessment to determine if a student has 
  1.25  achieved an elective a local standard. 
  1.26     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for the 
  2.1   2004-2005 school year and later.