Senate File 274 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  WOOD


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act directing the department of education to perform a review
  2    of the educational standards for physical education.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2850SS 81
  5 kh/pj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  REVIEW OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION STANDARDS.
  1  2    1.  The department of education shall review the
  1  3 educational standards adopted for physical education under
  1  4 section 256.11, subsections 3, 4, and 5, for children in
  1  5 grades one through six, grades seven and eight, and grades
  1  6 nine through twelve.
  1  7    2.  In reviewing the standards for physical education, the
  1  8 department shall consider the current level of health and
  1  9 physical fitness prevalent among students, expansion of the
  1 10 standards for physical education, and ways to ensure students
  1 11 perform adequate physical exercise.  The review shall include
  1 12 approaches used in other states' educational programs.  In
  1 13 addition, the review shall include proposals and research
  1 14 available from national and local programs and experts such as
  1 15 the national association for sport and physical education; the
  1 16 Iowa association for health, physical education, recreation,
  1 17 and dance; the American alliance for health, physical
  1 18 education, recreation, and dance; and the university of Iowa
  1 19 college of public health.
  1 20    3.  The department shall submit a report of its findings
  1 21 and recommendations to the governor and general assembly on or
  1 22 before December 15, 2005.  The recommendations shall address
  1 23 ways to expose students to the greatest variety of physical
  1 24 activities, to instill knowledge of the importance of good
  1 25 physical fitness to general health and a desire for lifelong
  1 26 physical activity, and to reduce the level of obesity in the
  1 27 state.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill directs the department of education to perform a
  1 30 review of the educational standards for physical education for
  1 31 students in the three grade level divisions used for grades
  1 32 one through 12.  The review is to include the current level of
  1 33 physical fitness prevalent among students, consideration of
  1 34 expansion of the physical education standards, and approaches
  1 35 advocated by various local and national organizations.  The
  2  1 department is to report to the governor and general assembly
  2  2 with findings and recommendations by December 15, 2005.
  2  3 LSB 2850SS 81
  2  4 kh:nh/pj/5