Implementing requirements related to the health instruction and health education instruction provided to students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools in grades one through twelve

This bill implements requirements related to the health instruction and health education instruction provided to students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools in grades 1 through 12.11 (educational standards), each school district, charter school, and innovation zone school shall require that the health and health education instruction provided to students enrolled in grades 1 through 12 include active participation in a program that satisfies requirements established in the bill. Those requirements provide that the program must include evidence-based instruction related to proper nutrition and aerobic exercise; be aligned with health standards adopted by the department of health and human services; provide a passing or failing grade to each student upon completion of the program; be selected from nationally accepted nutrition and aerobic exercise programs designed for school-age children; include testing of blood pressure and resting heart rate; include assessments of each student’s strength endurance; include modified tests for exceptional students; provide teachers with access to turnkey, evidence-based nutrition and aerobic exercise education; allow time during the school day for students to meet state physical activity requirements; and fill out a daily journal. The bill authorizes school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to issue a request for proposals and enter into an agreement with a qualified person to provide all or part of the program. Any agreement entered into pursuant to the bill’s provisions must utilize a per-student rate for the cost of the qualified person’s services. School districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools are required to report certain specified information to the department of education related to student assessments and tests administered as part of the program, and the department of education is required to submit an annual report to the general assembly that contains information related to the results of those assessments and tests. The bill provides that all information collected from students participating in the program shall be kept confidential. The bill requires the state board of education to adopt rules to administer the bill’s provisions.3.16.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.