Bill Text: FL H4169 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Physical Education in the Public Schools

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H4169 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H4169-Introduced.html

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HB 4169

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to physical education in the public
3	schools; amending s. 1003.455, F.S.; deleting provisions
4	relating to requirements for physical education
5	instruction for students in grades 6 through 8, reporting
6	and auditing of student enrollment in physical education
7	instruction, and criteria for a student's waiver from
8	participation in physical education instruction; providing
9	an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  Subsections (3), (4), and (5) of section
14	1003.455, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
15	1003.455  Physical education; assessment.-
16	(3)  Each district school board shall provide 150 minutes
17	of physical education each week for students in kindergarten
18	through grade 5 and for students in grade 6 who are enrolled in
19	a school that contains one or more elementary grades so that on
20	any day during which physical education instruction is conducted
21	there are at least 30 consecutive minutes per day. Beginning
22	with the 2009-2010 school year, the equivalent of one class
23	period per day of physical education for one semester of each
24	year is required for students enrolled in grades 6 through 8.
25	Students enrolled in such instruction shall be reported through
26	the periodic student membership surveys, and records of such
27	enrollment shall be audited pursuant to s. 1010.305. Such
28	instruction may be provided by any instructional personnel as
29	defined in s. 1012.01(2), regardless of certification, who are
30	designated by the school principal.
31	(4)  The requirement in subsection (3) shall be waived for
32	a student who meets one of the following criteria:
33	(a)  The student is enrolled or required to enroll in a
34	remedial course.
35	(b)  The student's parent indicates in writing to the
36	school that:
37	1.  The parent requests that the student enroll in another
38	course from among those courses offered as options by the school
39	district; or
40	2.  The student is participating in physical activities
41	outside the school day which are equal to or in excess of the
42	mandated requirement.
43	(5)  Each school district shall notify the student's parent
44	of the options available under subsection (4) before scheduling
45	the student to participate in physical education.
46	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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