Revision: Jan. 27, 2011, midnight
HB 377-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
04/10
HOUSE BILL 377-FN
AN ACT requiring daily physical education for public school pupils.
This bill requires a minimum of 45 minutes of daily physical education, or recess, or both to be provided to pupils in grades one through 8 and to all pupils enrolled in a full-day kindergarten program.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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11-0437
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT requiring daily physical education for public school pupils.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School Boards; Studies. Amend RSA 189:10 to read as follows:
189:10 Studies. The school board shall ensure that health education and physical education are taught to pupils as part of the basic curriculum. The school board shall ensure that a minimum of 45 minutes of daily physical education, or recess, or both, is provided to pupils in grades one through 8, and to pupils enrolled in a full-day kindergarten program, in increments of not less than 20 minutes. The school board shall ensure that all studies prescribed by the state board of education are thoroughly taught, especially physiology, hygiene, and health and physical education as they relate to the effects of alcohol and other drugs, child abuse, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and sexually transmitted diseases on the human system.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
11-0437
01/18/11
HB 377-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT requiring daily physical education for public school pupils.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.