Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 530	Senate Author:  Nelson et al.
Effective:  6-15-07	House Sponsor:  Eissler

            Senate Bill 530 amends the Education Code to transfer authority for daily physical activity requirements from the State Board of Education to individual school districts and to establish minimum requirements for moderate or vigorous daily physical activity for students at various grade levels.  If a district determines that requiring moderate or vigorous daily physical activity is impractical because of scheduling or other factors, the bill allows a district to establish alternative requirements for a student to participate in moderate or vigorous physical activity for a specified minimum amount of time per school week or per two-week block.  With certain exceptions, the bill requires each district to assess the physical fitness of students in grades 3 through 12 each year using an instrument adopted by the commissioner of education to assess physical fitness, and to compile the assessment's results and provide a summary, aggregated by grade level and any other category identified by commissioner rule, to the Texas Education Agency.  The summary may not contain the names of individual students or teachers.  The bill requires the agency to analyze the results and identify, for each district, any correlation between the results and academic achievement, school attendance, student obesity, disciplinary problems, and school meal programs.  The bill also requires the agency to report its analysis of the results obtained during the preceding school year to the School Health Advisory Committee.