| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to public school physical education; |
| 3 | amending s. 1003.455, F.S.; providing requirements for |
| 4 | student participation in physical education; requiring |
| 5 | review and revision of the Sunshine State Standards for |
| 6 | physical education; amending s. 1012.98, F.S.; requiring |
| 7 | the Department of Education to develop and school |
| 8 | districts to provide a professional development program; |
| 9 | providing 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. Section 1003.455, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 14 | to read: |
| 15 | 1003.455 Physical education programs; assessment.-- |
| 16 | (1) It is the responsibility of each district school board |
| 17 | to develop a physical education program that stresses physical |
| 18 | fitness and encourages healthful, active lifestyles. Each |
| 19 | district school board shall require all students in kindergarten |
| 20 | through grade 5, and to encourage all students in grades 6 |
| 21 | through prekindergarten through grade 12, to participate in |
| 22 | physical education. Physical education shall consist of physical |
| 23 | activities of at least a moderate intensity level and for a |
| 24 | duration sufficient to provide a significant health benefit to |
| 25 | students, subject to the differing capabilities of students. All |
| 26 | physical education programs and curricula must be reviewed by a |
| 27 | certified physical education instructor. |
| 28 | (2) Each district school board shall adopt a written |
| 29 | physical education policy that details the school district's |
| 30 | physical education program and expected program outcomes. |
| 31 | (3) Each district school board shall require each |
| 32 | kindergarten through grade 5 student to participate in physical |
| 33 | education daily to consist of is encouraged to provide 150 |
| 34 | minutes of physical education each week for students in |
| 35 | kindergarten through grade 5 and shall encourage each student in |
| 36 | grades 6 through 12 to participate in physical education for 225 |
| 37 | minutes each week for students in grades 6 through 8. |
| 38 | (4) The State Board of Education shall review and revise |
| 39 | as necessary the Sunshine State Standards for physical education |
| 40 | to ensure that the standards reflect state-of-the-art physical |
| 41 | education philosophy and practice. |
| 42 | Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section |
| 43 | 1012.98, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (d) and |
| 44 | a new paragraph (c) is added to that subsection to read: |
| 45 | 1012.98 School Community Professional Development Act.-- |
| 46 | (4) The Department of Education, school districts, |
| 47 | schools, community colleges, and state universities share the |
| 48 | responsibilities described in this section. These |
| 49 | responsibilities include the following: |
| 50 | (c) The department shall develop and each school district |
| 51 | shall provide a professional development program for physical |
| 52 | education instructors, elementary and secondary school teachers |
| 53 | whose responsibilities include teaching physical education |
| 54 | classes, and developers of physical education curricula. |
| 55 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |