HCS HB 509 -- STUDENT HEALTH (Stream)

COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN:  Committee on Elementary and Secondary
Education

By July 1, 2011, this substitute requires all school districts to
have a physical education program that:

(1)  Requires daily participation in physical education for
students in kindergarten through eighth grade at a weekly minimum
duration specified in the substitute, plus a minimum 20-minute
daily recess period for elementary grade students;

(2)  Establishes goals and objectives for physical education
based on a sequential, developmentally appropriate curriculum,
with a minimum of 50% of class time devoted to physical activity,
in addition to other requirements specified in the substitute;

(3)  Provides for regular assessments on physical fitness
proficiency at the local level for attainment of objectives, and
in first through eighth grades through the state's physical
fitness assessment which are to be reported to the Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education in the June reporting cycle
for core data; and

(4)  Provides for health-related fitness testing to be integrated
into the curriculum as an instructional tool.

Exemptions from taking physical education courses that are based
on participation in other activities such as marching band or
athletic teams are not permitted.  Facilities and equipment as
well as teacher requirements are specified.  The physical
education program must be coordinated with other components of
overall school health programs, local wellness policies, and
health education and physical education grade level expectations.
Any certificated teacher will be allowed to fulfill the new
requirements if the General Assembly doesn't appropriate
sufficient funds above the amount required for basic school aid.

The substitute also requires school meals to derive no more than
30% of their calories from fat and to limit saturated fat to less
than 10% of the calories as measured over the school day
including breakfast and lunch and establishes minimum nutritional
standards for food and beverages sold or provided to students
during the school day.  Snacks must not exceed specified calorie,
sugar, and fat contents; and beverages are limited to certain
juices and juice drinks, water and zero-calorie flavored water,
and lowfat and nonfat milks.  Foods that compete with school
lunches are limited in their hours and locations of sale, and any
money from these sales must go to the school's nutrition program
account.

FISCAL NOTE:  Estimated Cost on General Revenue Fund of Unknown -
Expected to exceed $100,000 in FY 2010, FY 2011, and FY 2012.  No
impact on Other State Funds in FY 2010, FY 2011, and FY 2012.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:25 am