Senate File 274 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY WOOD Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved 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 PAG LIN 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