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OK HB1938

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Danny Sterling

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • School districts must conduct annual fitness assessments for students in grades 3-12 beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, administered during physical education courses by trained personnel including nurses, PE teachers, and coaches

  • Assessments must measure aerobic capacity, body composition, and muscular strength/endurance/flexibility using criterion-referenced standards specific to student age and gender

  • Districts must report anonymized results annually to the State Board of Education and State Department of Health, with individual results provided to parents/guardians and submitted to the student's health insurance provider by the end of each school year

  • State agencies must analyze assessment data for correlations with student obesity, attendance, academic achievement, disciplinary problems, and school meal programs

  • State Board of Education must submit annual compliance reports to the Governor starting October 1, 2026, and the Governor may establish recognition programs with monetary or other incentives for districts showing the most improvement

Legislative Description

Schools; directing school districts to conduct an annual fitness assessment.

Last Action

Second Reading referred to Education Committee then to Appropriations Committee

4/1/2025

Committee Referrals

Education4/1/2025
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee2/4/2025
Appropriations and Budget2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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