HB 2748 — Modifies requirements for physical education in schools

SECOND REGULAR SESSION [PERFECTED] HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.

2748 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY 3931H.04C3931H.04P JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk AN ACT To repeal section 167.720, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to physical education in schools,schools. with an emergency clause.

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(2) "Bone-strengthening activity", physical activity that is primarily designed to increase the strength of specific sites in bones that make up the skeletal system.

Bone- strengthening activity produces an impact or tension force on the bones that promotes bone growth and strength;

(3) "Moderate physical activity", low- to medium-impact physical exertion designed to increase an individual's heart rate to rise to at least seventy-five percent of his or her maximum heart rate.

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(4) "Vigorous physical activity", high-intensity physical exertion designed to increase an individual's heart rate to at least ninety percent of his or her maximum heart rate.

2.

Beginning with the 2026-27 school year [2010-11]:

(1) (a) School districts shall ensure that all students [in elementary schools] participate in supervised moderate physical activity to vigorous physical activity for the entire school year, including students in alternative education programs.

HCS HB 2748 2 (b)[(3)] Students(6) in"Recess", [thea elementarystructured schools]play kindergartenenvironment throughoutside grade five shall participate in [moderate] physical activity for [an average of oneregular hundredclassroom fiftyinstructional minutesactivities, perwhere fivestudents dayare schoolallowed week,to orengage anin averagesupervised of]safe thirtyactive consecutivefree minutesplay; [per day] during the morning session, if feasible, of each school day, as that term is defined in section 160.041.

(7) "Vigorous physical activity", high-intensity physical exertion designed to increase an individual's heart rate to at least ninety percent of his or her maximum heart rate.

2.

Beginning with the 2027-28 school year [2010-11]:

(1) (a) School districts shall ensure that all students [in elementary schools] participate in supervised [moderate] physical activity for the entire school year, including students in alternative education programs.

(b) Students in [the elementary schools] kindergarten through grade five shall participate in [moderate] physical activity for [an average of one hundred fifty minutes per five day school week, or an average of thirty] forty consecutive minutes [per day] during the morning session, if feasible, of each school day, as that term is defined in section 160.041.

Such physical activity shall include muscle-strengthening and bone-strengthening activity for no less than an average of eighty minutes per school week for each activity.

Such physical activity shall include bilateral coordination, which prioritizes core, balance, and mobility, to the greatest extent possible and shall be conducted on no less than a weekly basis.

(d)Such Studentsphysical withactivity disabilities shall participateinclude inmuscle- moderatestrengthening physicaland bone-strengthening activity tofor theno extentless appropriatethan asan determinedaverage by the provisions of theone Individualshundred withtwenty Disabilitiesminutes Educationper Act,school orweek Sectionfor 504each ofactivity. the Rehabilitation Act;

Such physical activity shall include bilateral coordination, which prioritizes core, balance, and mobility, to the greatest extent possible and shall be conducted on no less than a weekly basis.

(d) Students with disabilities shall participate in [moderate] physical activity as prescribed in this subdivision to the extent appropriate as determined by the provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act;

HCS HB 2748 3 (4)] A minimum of one recess period of twenty minutes per day shall be provided for children in elementary schools, which may be incorporated into the lunch period.

For the purpose of determining whether a student has satisfactorily completed a full course of study each academic year, a school district may elect to designate up to ten minutes of the moderatetime torequired vigorousfor physical activity requiredper day, as prescribed in paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of this sectionsection, not to exceed ten minutes per day for any one course, subject, or class, toward the completion of the student's school term, as that term is defined in section 160.011.

TheEach departmentschool ofdistrict elementary and secondarycharter educationschool governing board shall allowadopt a variancewritten policy for blockdaily scheduling.physical activity of students.

SectionSuch B.policy shall, at a minimum, include the requirements in subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of this section.

Because immediate action is necessary to increase the physical activity of children to protect their health, section A of this act is deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, welfare, peace, and safety, and is hereby declared to be an HCS HB 2748 3 emergency act within the meaning of the constitution, and section A of this act shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and approval.