Bill Text: MN HF2113 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Aquatics instruction required in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-13 - Author added Allen [HF2113 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2113-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; requiring aquatics instruction in public schools;amending
1.3Laws 2010, chapter 396, section 7, subdivision 3.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Laws 2010, chapter 396, section 7, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 3. Standards adoption. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections
1.7120B.021, subdivision 2
, and
120B.023 , any statutory criteria required when reviewing
1.8or revising standards and benchmarks and any requirements governing the content of
1.9statewide standards or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of education shall
1.10initially adopt the most recent standards developed by the National Association for Sport
1.11and Physical Education for physical education in grades kindergarten through 12.
1.12(b) The commissioner must include aquatics instruction in the standards for physical
1.13education in kindergarten through grade 12. A school site without a pool or without
1.14access to a pool within ten miles of the school site at least must provide the students with
1.15instruction on water safety, water safety rescue techniques, dry land strokes, kick practice,
1.16and buoyancy principles. A person providing aquatics instruction under this paragraph
1.17must possess a current certificate from the American Red Cross or YMCA of the U.S.A.
1.18lifeguard training program or be equivalently qualified. In addition, the person must be
1.19certified in standard first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
1.20 Sec. 2. Laws 2010, chapter 396, section 7, the effective date, is amended to read:
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
2.2 except for subdivision 3, paragraph (b), which is effective in the 2014-2015 school year
2.3and later.
1.3Laws 2010, chapter 396, section 7, subdivision 3.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Laws 2010, chapter 396, section 7, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 3. Standards adoption. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections
1.8or revising standards and benchmarks and any requirements governing the content of
1.9statewide standards or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of education shall
1.10initially adopt the most recent standards developed by the National Association for Sport
1.11and Physical Education for physical education in grades kindergarten through 12.
1.12(b) The commissioner must include aquatics instruction in the standards for physical
1.13education in kindergarten through grade 12. A school site without a pool or without
1.14access to a pool within ten miles of the school site at least must provide the students with
1.15instruction on water safety, water safety rescue techniques, dry land strokes, kick practice,
1.16and buoyancy principles. A person providing aquatics instruction under this paragraph
1.17must possess a current certificate from the American Red Cross or YMCA of the U.S.A.
1.18lifeguard training program or be equivalently qualified. In addition, the person must be
1.19certified in standard first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
1.20 Sec. 2. Laws 2010, chapter 396, section 7, the effective date, is amended to read:
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
2.2 except for subdivision 3, paragraph (b), which is effective in the 2014-2015 school year
2.3and later.
