Senate Bill 263 Summary

• Requires public schools and charter schools to conduct at least 30 minutes of physical education each school day for kindergarten through grade 12, beginning in the 2015-2016 school year, which may be divided into two 15-minute periods or included as part of classroom activities.

• Increases minimum student instructional day by 30 minutes for grades 1-6 (to 5 hours 30 minutes) and grades 7-12 (to 6 hours 30 minutes).

• Mandates schools collect and report height, weight, ethnicity, age, and sex data for students in grades 1, 6, and 12 to the state department of health annually, with parents informed in writing of data collection and their right to request the information.

• Prohibits health data from being recorded on report cards, transcripts, or other documents that could identify individual students, and requires measurements conducted in private locations in a respectful manner.

• Requires the state department of health to publish an annual public report summarizing collected data and develop materials explaining body mass index, its limitations, and the need for individual interpretation; state department of health and state board of education must adopt joint rules for implementation.