From the ECS State Policy Database Curriculum--Physical Education

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary IL Signed into law 08/2012 P-12 Enhance Physical Education Task Force S.B. 3374 Establishes the Enhance Physical Education Task Force. Establishes various purposes of the task force. Directs the task force to (1) make re... More... CA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Appropriations and Reappropriations S.B. 1016 - Appropriations and Reappropriations From section 56 of bill summary: Reduces by various amounts appropriations made for supplemental school counseling, special education, partn... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Physical Exercise Requirement for Grades K-5 S.B. 458 (Sec. 9) Requires public schools to include a total of 20 minutes of physical exercise in each regular school day for students in kindergart... More... VA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Physical Education Regulations H.B. 1092 Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations governing physical education requirements in public schools. The Board shall promu... More... VA Vetoed 04/2012 P-12 Physical Education Requirements S.B. 471 Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations governing physical education requirements in public schools.  The Board shall prom... More... WI Signed into law 12/2011 P-12 Course Substitution for Physical Education S.B. 95 - Section 8 (118.33) Authorizes local boards to allow a pupil who participates in sports or in another organized physical activity, as determined by the school b... More... CA Vetoed 10/2011 P-12 Health and Fitness Award Program A.B. 200 From bill summary: Requires the state board to establish the Health and Fitness Award Program to recognize schools that conduct their physic... More... TX Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Physical Fitness Assessment S.B. 8 - Physical Fitness Assessment From bill summary: Limits a school district's required annual physical fitness assessment of students in grade three or higher to students e... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Reporting Student Performance on Physical Fitness Assessment S.B. 226 Amends provisions relating to reporting student performance on a physical fitness assessment instrument to the Texas Education Agency. http:... More... TN Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Physical Education H.B. 9 Requires local education agencies (LEAs) to incorporate a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activity each instructional day for elementary a... More... ME Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Physical Education Elementary School Pilot Project H.P. 939 Directs the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Health and Human Services and the Maine Governor's Council on Physical Activity t... More... CO Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Physical Education/Activity Requirements H.B. 1069 Requires districts and charter schools to adopt policies to incorporate time for physical activity into schedules for elementary students. S... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Support for Increased Participation in Outdoor Activities H.C.R. 7 Expresses support for increased participation by children in outdoor activities and support policies that promote outdoor activities for Uta... More... VA Vetoed 02/2011 P-12 Physical Education Requirement S.B. 966/H.B. 1644 Requires at least 150 minutes of physical education per week on average during the regular school year for grades K through eight, with a si... More... NY Vetoed 10/2010 P-12 Outdoor Playspace in NYC Public Schools S.B. 2485 -Requires the chancellor of the New York City Department of Education to make an annual report to the governor and legislature on outdoor pl... More... CA Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 Self-Defense and Safety Instruction in P.E. S.B. 1290 Requires the state board of education and the curriculum development and supplemental materials commission to include self-defense instructi... More... IL Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 State Physical Education Report S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/2-3.97 Repeals the section concerning the state board of education's biennial physical education report to the governor and general assembly. Page ... More... DC Adopted 07/2010 P-12 Physical Education and Physical Activity L.B. 18-564 - Physical Education and Physical Activity Provides that one of the purposes of the newly-established Healthy Schools Fund is to make competitive grants available to public schools an... More... IL Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Nutrition and Physical Activity Best Practices Database S.B. 3706 Directs the state board of education to develop and maintain a nutrition and physical activity best practices database, to contain the resul... More... OH Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Student Health S.B. 210, Part I Establishes the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Council. Directs the council to: (1) Monitor progress in improving student health and ... More... OK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Physical Education S.B. 1876 Requires that the physical education curriculum be sequential, developmentally appropriate, and designed, implemented, and evaluated to enab... More... MN Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Healthy Kids Awards Program S.B. 2908 Establishes the healthy kids awards program to reward k-12th grade schools that implement policies and practices that create opportunities f... More... AL Pocket veto by governor 05/2010 P-12 Physical Education in Grades K-8 H.B. 105 Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, requires all students in grades K-8 to take physical education; provides that this may include dance... More... MD Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Requires Support Spaces for Physical Education Instruction H.B. 334/S.B. 256 Requires the state department of education to adopt regulations that require all public school buildings newly constructed or completely ren... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Early Childhood Nutrition and Physical Activity Pilot Program A.B. 627 Provides legislative findings and declarations on nutrition and health in children's early years. Requires the superintendent of public inst... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Governor's Advisory Council on Physical Fitness, Wellness and Sports H.B. 1 - Sections 3701.77, 3701.771 and 3701.772 Repeals 3701.77, which established in the department of health the 15-member governor's advisory council on physical fitness, wellness and s... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Physical Education Standards and Implementation H.B. 1 - Section 3301.079(A)(3), 3301.0718(B) Repeals Section 3301.0718(A), which directed the state board to adopt the most recent standards developed by the National Association for Sp... More... MO Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Physical Education S.B. 291--Physical Activity Requirements Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, school districts must ensure that students in elementary school participate in moderate physical a... More... NY Adopted 06/2009 P-12 Physical Education, Coaches and Athletic Eligibility Title 8 NYCRR 135.4 Specifies that students in grades 5-6 who are in a middle school must participate in the physical education program a minimum of three perio... More... LA Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Student Fitness Assessments S.B. 309 Provides for physical fitness assessments in schools. It is the intention of the legislature to authorize a framework to collect data to ass... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Physical Activity and Academic Achievement S.B. 538 Directs the Department of Education to seek public and private funding for programs that link physical activity and academic achievement and... More... LA Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Physical Ed. Requirements H.B. 400 Requires public schools to provide a specified amount of physical activity each school day for students in specified grades; provides for th... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Physical Education S.B. 891 Specifies criteria that physical education programs must meet. Requires each district to establish specific objectives and goals the distric... More... ME Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Phys. Ed. and Health in Elementary Schools H.B. 983 Requires the Commissioner of Education to conduct an assessment of the physical education capacities of elementary schools and to report to ... More... AL Pocket veto by governor 05/2009 P-12 Mandatory Physical Education H.B. 719 Beginning in the 2009-10 school year, requires K-8 students in public and private schools to take physical education.... More... GA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Student Health and Physical Education Act H.B. 229 Enacts the Student Health and Physical Education Act. Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, requires local school systems to conduct an annu... More... MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Physical Fitness Measurement Program S.B. 879 Requires each local school system to develop and implement an annual physical fitness measurement program; establishes specified program ele... More... MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 School Wellness Policy H.B. 1264; S.B. 879 Authorizes local school systems to develop and implement Wellness Policy Implementation and Monitoring Plans to establish baseline student d... More... RI Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Standards-Based PE and Health Curriculum S.B. 2621 Requires that the physical education and health curriculums in schools be based on standards set by the Health Education Framework and the P... More... RI Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Standards-Based PE and Health Curricula H.B. 7280 Requires that the physical education and health curricula in schools be based on standards set by the state Health Education Framework and t... More... CA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 PE exemptions S.B. 602 Clarifies that a pupil may be granted exemption from courses in physical education if the pupil has met at least 5 of the 6 standards of the... More... MN Vetoed 05/2008 P-12 Omnibus Education Policy Bill S.B. 3001 Authorized a parent or guardian of a student to designate an individual to participate in a school conference involving the child of the par... More... OK Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Physical Activity S.B. 1186 Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, the Board must require, as a condition of accreditation, that public elementary schools provide to... More... MD Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Physical Ed. for Students with Disabilities H.B. 1411; S.B. 849 Requires county boards of education to ensure that students with disabilities have certain opportunities in specified physical education and... More... MD Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Task Force on Student Physical Fitness S.B. 955 Establishes a Task Force on Student Physical Fitness in State Public Schools; provides that the task force shall study the advisability of r... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Physical Fitness H.B. 242 Requires local school boards to incorporate into their local wellness policy as a goal a minimum of an average of 150 minutes of physical fi... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Best Practices: Nutrition and Physical Education H.B. 246 Requires the Board of Education to develop a database of local school divisions' best practices regarding nutrition and physical education, ... More... OH Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 PE Standards H.B. 119 - Physical Education Standards Requires the state board to adopt standards for physical education in grades K-12 developed by the National Association for Sport and Physic... More... CA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 physical education S.B. 601 Requires the Department of Education to ensure that data collected through Categorical Program Monitoring indicates the extent to which each... More... OR Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Health and Physical Education OAR 581-022-1210 Adds health and physical education to list of curriculum defined by state content standards. ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Waiver/Modification of Physical Education Mandate H.B. 1839 Provides that a state-board approved waiver from or modification to a physical education mandate may remain in effect for a period not to ex... More... OK Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Physical Education OAC 210:25-5-31 Amends rules to require that public elementary schools provide instruction in physical education for full-day kindergarten through grade 5 s... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Physical Education H.B. 3141 Requires the state department to collect data on: (1) The number of minutes of physical education that are provided to K-8 students each sch... More... LA Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Health and Physical Education Coordinator S.B. 362 Directs the state department of education to hire a health and physical education coordinator not later than the beginning of the 2008-2009 ... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Physical Education Requirements H.B. 1011 Requires a minimum of 150 minutes per week for kindergarten to grade 5 and 225 minutes per week for grades 6 to 8 of physical education taug... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Physical Education H.B. 1601 Prohibits counting recess towards the physical education requirements; directs the state board to encourage school districts to provide phys... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Physical Education Requirements and Exemptions S.B. 530 and 19 TAC Chapter 103, Subchapter AA, §103.1001 From bill analysis: Provides that a school district shall require a student enrolled in kindergarten or a grade level below grade six to par... More... FL Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Physical Education Requirement H.B. 967 Relates to physical education; provides requirements for student participation in physical education; requires review and revision of the Su... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Physical Education in Grades K-6 H.B. 208/S.B. 156 Provides for physical education in grades kindergarten through six in elementary schools. Adds physical education program units and charter ... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Concept-Based Fitness Class S.B. 2354 Amends graduation requirement of one-half unit of physical education during each school year to include the following: Once every four years... More... IL Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Special Education Students and Physical Education S.B. 2762 Provides that an individualized education program team may determine that a pupil must utilize time set aside for physical education to rece... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Ohio Core Graduation Requirements S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603(A), (B), (C) Part 1, (K) adn (L) Increases high school graduation requirements for students entering grade 9 during the 2010-2011 school year (Class of 2014). Increases math... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Oversight of Physical Education and Athletics S.B. 562 Extends the operation of existing laws that provides the State Department of Education the authority to exercise general supervision over co... More... AL Adopted 08/2006 P-12 Physical Education AAC 290-3-1-.02 Establishes rules allowing any Alabama public school system that has adequate certified physical education teachers in Grades K-8 to request... More... DE Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Student Physical Fitness Assessments H.B. 372 Requires the Department of Education to develop a regulation requiring each local school district and charter school to assess the physical ... More... DE Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Physical Education Pilot Program H.B. 471 Provides for a physical education/physical activity pilot program in at least six of Delaware's elementary, middle or high schools; requires... More... PA Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Health and Nutritional Guidelines H.B. 185 Amends the Public School Code of 1949. Provides for competitive food and beverage contracts and nutritional guidelines for food and beverage... More... DE Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Health Advisory Council for physical education S.B. 289 Relates to the creation of a statewide Health Advisory Council, as recommended by the Physical Education Task Force, to provide advice and g... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Physical Education Pilot Program H.B. 2140 Provides that the department of education shall establish a two-year physical education pilot program consisting of schools and high schools... More... TN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Physical Activity Requirement for Schools H.B. 3750 Requires LEAs to incorporate at least 30 minutes of physical activity three times a week into the instructional school day for elementary an... More... CT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Physical Health Plans for Students S.B. 204 Promotes the physical health needs of students; allows local and regional boards of education to adopt guidelines to coordinate services and... More... IA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Healthy Children Task Force S.B. 2251 Directs the department of education and the department of public health to convene a healthy children task force to: a. Assess current poli... More... CO Vetoed 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. Physical Education Teacher Certification H.B. 1021 Concerns physical education teachers employed by school districts; prohibits a school district from employing as a physical education teache... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Physical Education H.B. 1540 A physical education course of study must include a developmentally planned and sequential curriculum that fosters the development of moveme... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Health and Physical Activity Mandates S.B. 146 (Sections K- Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year and thereafter, requires all public elementary and secondary schools to: (1) Encourage and motivate ... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Statewide Physical Education Recognition Program H.B. 1237 Establishes the statewide physical education recognition program to recognize and reward public schools and physical education teachers meet... More... SC Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards H.B. 3499 Adds Chapter 10, entitled Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards. Applies to elementary schools. Sets the amo... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Health, Nutrition and Physical Education Guidelines S.B. 42 From bill analysis: This Act allows for the expansion of physical activity requirements to middle and junior high schools, up to the eighth ... More... TN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 P-12 Healthy Lifestyles H.J.R. 88 Resolution urging the state board, in cooperation with all local education agencies, to develop and implement a curriculum of instruction w... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Healthy Foods, Physical Education Requirements H.B. 2816 Adds a new article, designated §5-1E-1, §5-1E-2, §5-1E-3, §5-1E-4 and §5-1E-5; and amends and reenacts §18-2-6a and §18-2-7a, all relating t... More... OK Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 "Oklahoma Kids Fitness Challenge Act" H.B. 1647 Requires the state board of education to establish a physical activity program for public school students in the fifth grade, which each sch... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Interschool Athletic Programs H.B. 2916 Includes salaries or supplemental pay for staff for organized physical activity courses as provided under Act 660 of 2005 in the definitions... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Mandatory Physical Education Implementation Task Force H.B. 2111 Establishes the mandatory physical education implementation task force. Sets forth task force's membership. Requires the task force to devel... More... KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Food and Beverages S.B. 154 Requires the state board to develop nutrition guidelines for all foods and beverages made available to public school students during the sch... More... MD Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Student Health Promotion Act of 2005 S.B. 473 Requiring each county board of education to include the importance of physical activity as part of instruction in health education; requirin... More... MD Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Physical Education Director S.B. 233 Requiring the State Department of Education to employ a full-time director of physical education. http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/billfile/s... More... OK Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Physical Education S.B. 312 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, the state board of Education must require, as a condition of accreditation, that school districts ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Elementary Schools S.B. 1130 Clarifies that physical education is to include activities such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular, muscle building, or stretching exerc... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Health and Nutrition in Schools S.B. 172 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, requires each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the... More... ND To governor 03/2005 P-12 High School Units H.B. 1048 Changes what each public and nonpublic high school must make available to each student In order to be approved by the superintendent of publ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Sports Activities S.B. 2 Defines "organized physical activity course." Beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, allows a student in grades 9-12 successfully completin... More... LA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Physical Fitness in Schools S.B. 871 Relates to the physical activity and nutrition of students. Identifies childhood obesity as a growing problem in Louisiana. Identifies bene... More... VT Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Nutrition Policy in Schools H.B. 272 The purpose of the act is to encourage wellness programs in Vermont public schools and in Vermont communities.  Wellness programs will be de... More... FL To governor 05/2004 P-12 Middle Grades Reform Act S.B. 354 Creates the "Middle School Reform Act;" provides definitions; prescribes program criteria and content; provides a timeline for implementatio... More... AL Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Urges Instruction in Healthy Lifestyle Choices S.J.R. 97 Urges schools to provide instruction on healthy lifestyle choices including programs for physical education; urges restrictions on granting ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Art, Music and Physical Education at the Elementary Level H.B. 1014 Requires local boards to incorporate art, music, and physical education as a part of the instructional program at the elementary school leve... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Physical Education S.B. 78 Requires the department of education to encourage K- 12 schools to provide quality physical education that develops the knowledge, attitudes... More... LA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Half Hour of Daily Physical Activity for Grades K-6 S.B. 398 Starting in the 2004-05 school year and thereafter, requires every public school serving students in grades K-6 to offer students at least 3... More... ME Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Drug Survey and Drug Prevention Programs H.P. 333 (LD 425) Requires the director of the office of substance abuse to review procedures for collecting youth drug and alcohol use information, including... More... FL Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 Teacher Certification FAC 6A-4.028 The current model for certification in physical education is replaced by a new comprehensive, grades K-12, physical education certification ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Requirement For Physical Education S.B. 936 Changes the requirement for physical education under Arkansas Code from students through grade 9 to students through grade 8; requires the d... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Local School Health/Physical Education Advisory Councils S.B. 2339 Allows local boards to create a local school health/physical education advisory council to help the district implement health and physical e... More... CA Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 09/2002 P-12 Encourages school districts to provide quality physical education S.B. 1868 Encourages school districts, to the extent resources are available, to provide quality physical education. Permits a school district or coun... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Physical Education A.B. 1793 Imposes new duties on the state department regarding physical education. Requires the department to monitor the number of hours of physical ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Marching Band as P.E. Credit Towards Graduation S.B. 20E Permits completion of one semester of marching band with grade C or better to be included as 1/2 credit of physical education graduation req... More... TN Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Physical Education S.J.R. 569 Expresses sense that each school-age child should have access to and participate in daily physical education and activity as part of educati... More... AL Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness H.B. 161 Appropriates a certain amount from the Education Trust Fund to the Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness. http://alisdb.legislature.stat... More... MS Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 State Physical Activity Coordinator and K-9 P.E. Recommendations S.B. 2249 Requires department employment of physical activity coordinator for grades K-12, and specifies qualifications and duties of such. Recommend... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 New State Reporting Requirements for Physical Ed. A.B. 367 Imposes new duties on the State Department of Education regarding physical education, including, among others, that the department would be ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Physical Activity S.B. 19 The state board by rule may require a student enrolled in kindergarten or a grade level below grade 7in an elementary school setting to part... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Marching Band Physical Education H.B. 554 Establishes marching band as a physical education requirement.... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Physical Education Component H.B. 1187 The law is clarified so that Physical Education is no longer mandatory by law. Rather the State Board of Education can set the standard requ... More...