2009 House Bill 4923

Mandate school physical education hours

Introduced in the House

May 12, 2009

Introduced by Rep. Joan Bauer (D-68)

To mandate that public schools provide at least 30 minutes of physical education on two days each week to children in grades K-5; and 45 minutes of daily physical education for at least one semester in grades 6-8. Schools would be required to maintain the same teacher to student ratio for these activities as for regular classes. The state the Department of Education would be required to develop model curriculums. Extracurricular sports would not count toward the mandate.

Referred to the Committee on Education