STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 53rd Legislature (2012)

HOUSE BILL 2698	By:	Fourkiller

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to schools; creating the Oklahoma Physical Activity and Academic Performance Task Force; stating duties; providing for membership, appointment, designation of first meeting, election of chair, quorum, staff support, and travel reimbursement; requiring report of findings and recommendations by certain deadline; providing for noncodification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
A.  There is hereby created until June 30, 2013, the Oklahoma Physical Activity and Academic Performance Task Force.  The Task Force shall:
1.  Seek to understand and address the major challenges facing this state and country associated with decreased physical activity;
2.  Seek to understand the link between physical activity and improved academic performance;
3.  Identify opportunities to improve the health and academic performance of students through making indoor and outdoor physical activity experiences part of the regular school curriculum and creating programs that promote healthy lifestyles through physical activity and nutrition;
4.  Create opportunities for enhanced and ongoing professional development of teachers by improving teachers’ knowledge of physical activity and nutrition;
5.  Identify opportunities to allow students to engage in physical activity by providing educational experiences that are based on outdoor activities and use outdoor facilities; and
6.  Identify opportunities to incorporate field-based learning, place-based learning, service learning, outdoor learning or experimental learning.
B.  The Task Force shall consist of the following members:
1.  The State Superintendent of Public Instruction, or designee;
2.  Four members of the public appointed by the Governor;
3.  Three members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and 
4.  Three members of the Oklahoma State Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the State Senate.
C.  Appointments to the Task Force shall be made by July 31, 2012.  The first meeting of the Task Force shall be held by August 31, 2012.  The members of the Task Force shall elect a chair at the first meeting of the Task Force.  Additional meetings of the Task Force shall be held at the call of the chair of the Task Force.  Members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authorities.  A majority of the members of the Task Force shall constitute a quorum to transact business, but no vacancy shall impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the Task Force.  A vacancy on the Task Force shall be filled by the original appointing authority.  Staff support for the Task Force shall be provided by the staff of the House of Representatives and State Senate.  The State Department of Education shall provide support and information as requested by the Task Force.
D.  Members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation for serving on the Task Force, but shall receive travel reimbursement.  Legislative members shall be reimbursed in accordance with Section 456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  Nonlegislative members shall be reimbursed in accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act. 
E.  The Task Force shall submit a report by June 30, 2013, to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  The report shall include findings for any statutory or regulatory changes necessary to implement the recommendations of the Task Force.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2012.
SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

53-2-8925	AM	01/18/12