2011 House Bill 5019

Mandate school physical and health education hours

Introduced in the House

Sept. 28, 2011

Introduced by Rep. Maureen Stapleton (D-4)

To mandate that public schools provide at least 150 minutes of physical education each week to children in grades K-5; 225 minutes in grades 6-8, and additional hours of health education in all grades. Schools would be required to maintain the same teacher to student ratio for these activities as for regular classes.

Referred to the Committee on Education