1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|HOUSE BILL 2257 By: Sterling | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to schools; directing school | | districts to conduct an annual fitness assessment; | 8| prescribing grade levels for student participation; | | requiring certain methods to conduct assessment; | 9| providing exception for certain students; directing | | the State Department of Education to adopt an | 10| assessment instrument; prescribing minimum required | | contents for assessment; requiring development and | 11| dissemination of annual report; prohibiting inclusion | | of certain student information; requiring results of | 12| assessment be provided to a parent or guardian; | | directing analysis of performance results to find | 13| correlations; permitting the Department to contract | | with separate entity to conduct analysis; authorizing | 14| certain funding; authorizing establishment of | | recognition program; providing for codification; and | 15| providing an effective date. | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 19| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 20|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-103.9c of Title 70, unless | | | 21|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 22| A. Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, each school district | | | 23|shall conduct an annual fitness assessment, as approved by the State | | | 24|Board of Education, each school year for students in grades three | | | Req. No. 5695 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|through twelve, to be conducted in a course that satisfies the | | | 2|physical education program required pursuant to Section 11-103.9 of | | | 3|Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes or during the school year where | | | 4|the assessment can be administered by trained personnel, including, | | | 5|but not limited to, school nurses, physical education and health | | | 6|teachers, coaches and any other certified school employees. The | | | 7|assessments shall include methods deemed by the Board as appropriate | | | 8|to ascertain levels of student physical fitness and factors and | | | 9|standards required in subsection B of this section. A school | | | 10|district shall not be required to conduct the annual fitness | | | 11|assessment for students with a disability or other condition that | | | 12|requires an exemption as determined by the State Department of | | | 13|Education. | | | 14| B. The State Department of Education shall adopt an assessment | | | 15|instrument to be used by all school districts in assessing student | | | 16|physical fitness that includes standards accessible to districts | | | 17|which adequately express the most current and widely accepted best | | | 18|practices and benchmarks in the areas of student health and physical | | | 19|education. The minimum required contents of the assessment shall | | | 20|address the measurements and assessment instrument to be used by a | | | 21|school district in assessing student physical fitness under this | | | 22|section. The assessment instrument shall: | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 5695 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 1. Be based on factors related to student health, including the | | | 2|following factors that have been identified as essential to overall | | | 3|health and function: | | | 4| a. aerobic capacity, | | | 5| b. body composition, and | | | 6| c. muscular strength, endurance and flexibility; and | | | 7| 2. Include criterion-referenced standards specific to a | | | 8|student's age and gender and based on the physical fitness level | | | 9|required for good health. | | | 10| C. A school district shall annually report the results of each | | | 11|student's performance on the physical fitness assessment required by | | | 12|this section to the Board and the State Department of Health. The | | | 13|results shall not contain the name of the student, the student's | | | 14|Social Security number or the student's date of birth. The | | | 15|performance results provided to the Board pursuant to this | | | 16|subsection may be used for assessing the effectiveness of health | | | 17|programs and developing recommendations for modifications to | | | 18|physical education and health and wellness programs or related | | | 19|curriculum. | | | 20| D. Not later than the last day of the school year, a school | | | 21|district shall provide a parent or guardian with a copy of the | | | 22|results of the physical fitness assessment of the parent's or | | | 23|guardian's child. The results provided to a parent or guardian | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 5695 Page 3 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|under this subsection shall be clear, precise, and easy to | | | 2|understand. | | | 3| E. 1. The State Department of Education and the State | | | 4|Department of Health shall analyze the performance results provided | | | 5|pursuant to subsection C of this section and identify, for each | | | 6|school district, any correlation between the results and the | | | 7|following: | | | 8| a. student obesity, | | | 9| b. student attendance levels, | | | 10| c. student academic achievement levels, | | | 11| d. student disciplinary problems, and | | | 12| e. school meal programs. | | | 13| 2. The State Department of Education may contract with a public | | | 14|or private entity for that entity to conduct all or part of the | | | 15|analysis required in paragraph 1 of this subsection. The State | | | 16|Department of Education's efforts may be supported with state, | | | 17|federal or private funding, or a combination thereof. | | | 18| F. The State Board of Education shall submit an annual report | | | 19|to the Governor, beginning October 1, 2024, and annually thereafter. | | | 20|The report shall include the compliance status of each school | | | 21|district. The Governor may, in coordination with the Board, | | | 22|establish one or more recognition programs to acknowledge school | | | 23|districts and schools which have most improved in their physical | | | 24|fitness assessments. The Governor may collaborate with private | | | Req. No. 5695 Page 4 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|corporations in the development and implementation of recognition | | | 2|programs pursuant to this subsection, including providing monetary | | | 3|or other incentives to school districts or schools for attaining | | | 4|certain levels of health status. All school districts or schools | | | 5|receiving acknowledgment through a recognition program established | | | 6|by the Governor pursuant to this subsection shall also be recognized | | | 7|on the Board's website. | | | 8| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. | | | 9| | | | 10| 59-1-5695 EK 12/12/22 | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 5695 Page 5