80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 530, Chapter 1377 Page: 4 of 8
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S.B. No. 530
1 importance of daily recess for elementary school students. The
2 council must consider research regarding unstructured and
3 undirected play, academic and social development, and the health
4 benefits of daily recess in making the recommendations. The
5 council shall ensure that local community values are reflected in
6 any policy recommendation made to the district under this
7 subsection.
8 SECTION 3. Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding
9 Subchapter C to read as follows:
10 SUBCHAPTER C. PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT
11 Sec. 38.101. ASSESSMENT REQUIRED. (a) Except as provided
12 by Subsection (b), a school district annually shall assess the
13 physical fitness of students enrolled in grades 3 through 12.
14 (b) A school district is not required to assess a student
15 for whom, as a result of disability or other condition identified by
16 commissioner rule, the assessment instrument adopted under Section
17 38.102 is inappropriate.
18 Sec. 38.102. ADOPTION OF ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT. (a) The
19 commissioner by rule shall adopt an assessment instrument to be
20 used by a school district in assessing student physical fitness
21 under this subchapter.
22 (b) The assessment instrument must:
23 (1) be based on factors related to student health,
24 including the following factors that have been identified as
25 essential to overall health and function:
26 (A) aerobic capacity;
27 (B) body composition; and4
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 530, Chapter 1377, legislative document, June 15, 2007; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth156206/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.