Bill Text: TX SB1873 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a report regarding certain health and safety information prepared by the Texas Education Agency.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 72-34)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [SB1873 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1873-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1873 |
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relating to a report regarding certain health and safety | ||
information prepared by the Texas Education Agency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 38.0141, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.0141. REPORTING OF CERTAIN HEALTH AND SAFETY | ||
INFORMATION REQUIRED. (a) Each school district shall provide to | ||
the agency information as required by the commissioner, including | ||
statistics and data, relating to student health and physical | ||
activity and information described by Section 28.004(k), presented | ||
in a form determined by the commissioner. The district shall | ||
provide the information required by this subsection [ |
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the district and for each campus in the district. | ||
(b) Not later than one year after the agency receives the | ||
information required by Subsection (a), the commissioner shall | ||
complete a report on physical education provided by each school | ||
district and publish the report on the agency's Internet website. | ||
(c) The report must include: | ||
(1) the number of physical education classes offered | ||
at each campus in the district and detail the number of days, | ||
classes, and minutes offered each week by each campus; | ||
(2) the ratio of students enrolled in physical | ||
education classes in the district compared to the overall | ||
enrollment; | ||
(3) the average physical education class size at each | ||
campus in the district; | ||
(4) the number of physical education teachers in the | ||
district who are licensed, certified, or endorsed by an accredited | ||
teacher preparation program to teach physical education; | ||
(5) whether each campus in the district has the | ||
appropriate equipment and adequate facilities for students to | ||
engage in the amount and intensity of physical activity required | ||
under Section 28.002; | ||
(6) whether the district allows modifications or | ||
accommodations that allow physical education courses to meet the | ||
needs of students with disabilities; and | ||
(7) whether the district has a policy that allows | ||
teachers or administrators in the district to withhold physical | ||
activity from a student as punishment. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1873 passed the Senate on | ||
May 9, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1873 passed the House on | ||
May 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 9, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |