| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to public school physical education; |
| 3 | amending s. 1003.455, F.S.; requiring specified physical |
| 4 | education instruction for students in kindergarten through |
| 5 | grade 5 and for certain grade 6 students; providing an |
| 6 | appropriation for middle school students enrolled in |
| 7 | certain physical education courses; providing an effective |
| 8 | date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 1003.455, Florida |
| 13 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 14 | 1003.455 Physical education; assessment.-- |
| 15 | (3) Each district school board shall provide 150 minutes |
| 16 | of at least 30 consecutive minutes per day of physical education |
| 17 | instruction each week for students in kindergarten through grade |
| 18 | 5 and for students in grade 6 who are enrolled in a school that |
| 19 | contains one or more elementary grades. Students enrolled in |
| 20 | such instruction shall be reported through the periodic student |
| 21 | membership surveys, and records of such enrollment shall be |
| 22 | audited pursuant to s. 1010.305. Such instruction may be |
| 23 | provided by any instructional personnel as defined in s. |
| 24 | 1012.01(2), regardless of certification, who are designated by |
| 25 | the school principal. Each district school board is encouraged |
| 26 | to provide 225 minutes of physical education each week for |
| 27 | students in grades 6 through 8. |
| 28 | Section 2. The sum of $100,000,000 is appropriated from |
| 29 | the General Revenue Fund within the Florida Education Finance |
| 30 | Program to the Department of Education to provide a value of |
| 31 | 0.05 full-time equivalent student membership for each student |
| 32 | enrolled in grades 6 through 8 who is also enrolled in a public |
| 33 | school physical education course of at least 45 minutes per day. |
| 34 | Such value shall be added to the total full-time equivalent |
| 35 | student membership in basic programs for grades 6 through 8. |
| 36 | Each school district must allocate the funds generated through |
| 37 | this cost factor to the school that generated the funds. If the |
| 38 | appropriation is insufficient to fully fund the total |
| 39 | calculation, the appropriation shall be prorated. |
| 40 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |