Bill Text: TX HB2887 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to health and physical education requirements in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Public Education [HB2887 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2887-Introduced.html
87R6026 CXP-D | ||
By: Talarico | H.B. No. 2887 |
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relating to health and physical education requirements in public | ||
schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.002(l), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(l) A school district shall require a student enrolled in | ||
full-day prekindergarten, in kindergarten, or in a grade level | ||
below grade six to participate in moderate or vigorous daily | ||
physical activity for at least 30 minutes throughout the school | ||
year as part of the district's physical education curriculum or | ||
through structured activity during a school campus's daily | ||
recess. To the extent practicable, a school district shall require | ||
a student enrolled in prekindergarten on less than a full-day basis | ||
to participate in the same type and amount of physical activity as a | ||
student enrolled in full-day prekindergarten. A school district | ||
shall require students enrolled in grade levels six, seven, and | ||
eight to participate in moderate or vigorous daily physical | ||
activity for at least 30 minutes for six [ |
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during those grade levels as part of the district's physical | ||
education curriculum. If a school district determines, for any | ||
particular grade level below grade six, that requiring moderate or | ||
vigorous daily physical activity is impractical due to scheduling | ||
concerns or other factors, the district may as an alternative | ||
require a student in that grade level to participate in moderate or | ||
vigorous physical activity for at least 135 minutes during each | ||
school week. Additionally, a school district may as an alternative | ||
require a student enrolled in a grade level for which the district | ||
uses block scheduling to participate in moderate or vigorous | ||
physical activity for at least 225 minutes during each period of two | ||
school weeks. A school district must provide for an exemption for: | ||
(1) any student who is unable to participate in the | ||
required physical activity because of illness or disability; and | ||
(2) a middle school or junior high school student who | ||
participates in an extracurricular activity with a moderate or | ||
vigorous physical activity component that is considered a | ||
structured activity under rules adopted by the commissioner. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require | ||
that the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school | ||
program under Subsection (a) include a requirement that students | ||
successfully complete: | ||
(1) four credits in English language arts under | ||
Section 28.002(a)(1)(A), including one credit in English I, one | ||
credit in English II, one credit in English III, and one credit in | ||
an advanced English course authorized under Subsection (b-2); | ||
(2) three credits in mathematics under Section | ||
28.002(a)(1)(B), including one credit in Algebra I, one credit in | ||
geometry, and one credit in any advanced mathematics course | ||
authorized under Subsection (b-2); | ||
(3) three credits in science under Section | ||
28.002(a)(1)(C), including one credit in biology, one credit in any | ||
advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2), and one | ||
credit in integrated physics and chemistry or in an additional | ||
advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2); | ||
(4) three credits in social studies under Section | ||
28.002(a)(1)(D), including one credit in United States history, at | ||
least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in | ||
economics, and one credit in world geography or world history; | ||
(5) except as provided under Subsections (b-12), | ||
(b-13), and (b-14), two credits in the same language in a language | ||
other than English under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A); | ||
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(7) one credit in fine arts under Section | ||
28.002(a)(2)(D); [ |
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(8) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), 1-1/2 | ||
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28.002(a)(2)(C); and | ||
(9) one-half credit in health under Section | ||
28.002(a)(2)(B). | ||
SECTION 3. Section 28.002(l), Education Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to students entering the sixth grade during | ||
the 2021-2022 school year or a later school year. For students | ||
entering a grade above sixth grade during the 2021-2022 school | ||
year, Section 28.002(l), Education Code, as that section existed | ||
before amendment by this Act, applies, and that section is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to students entering the ninth grade | ||
during the 2021-2022 school year or a later school year. For | ||
students entering a grade above ninth grade during the 2021-2022 | ||
school year, Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as that section | ||
existed before amendment by this Act, applies, and that section is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |