Senate Bill 530Senate Bill 530Changes Delivery of Changes Delivery of Physical Education Physical Education

InstructionInstruction

Curriculum & InstructionCurriculum & InstructionMarilyn Mitton, SpecialistMarilyn Mitton, Specialist

Requirements of SB 530 Requirements of SB 530 OverviewOverview

• Student requirements for vigorous Student requirements for vigorous activityactivity

• Fitness assessment required grades 3-Fitness assessment required grades 3-1212

• Fitness assessment componentsFitness assessment components• Data collection and analysisData collection and analysis• LEA policy and procedureLEA policy and procedure• BISD personnel and equipment needs BISD personnel and equipment needs

Requirements for Vigorous Requirements for Vigorous ActivityActivity

• Kinder – 5Kinder – 5thth grade grade students will participate in students will participate in moderate or vigorous activity 30 minutes daily moderate or vigorous activity 30 minutes daily or 135 minutes per weekor 135 minutes per week

• In middle school students grades 6 – 8 will In middle school students grades 6 – 8 will participate in four semesters of moderate or participate in four semesters of moderate or vigorous physical activity; 30 minutes daily or vigorous physical activity; 30 minutes daily or 135 minutes per week beginning in the 135 minutes per week beginning in the 2008-2008-20092009 school year school year

• NOTE: Students must be appropriately NOTE: Students must be appropriately dressed in order to participate in moderate to dressed in order to participate in moderate to vigorous activityvigorous activity

Fitness Assessment Fitness Assessment RequirementsRequirements

• All students grades 3 – 12All students grades 3 – 12• Students are assessed Students are assessed

annuallyannually• Not required to assess Not required to assess

students who have a students who have a disability for whom this disability for whom this assessment would be assessment would be inappropriateinappropriate

• The individual student The individual student results are confidential results are confidential

Fitness Assessment Fitness Assessment ComponentsComponents• Aerobic capacityAerobic capacity (mile (mile

run/walk or walk/run for run/walk or walk/run for time)time)

• Body compositionBody composition (body (body mass index/skin calipers)mass index/skin calipers)

• Muscular strength & Muscular strength & enduranceendurance

(curl ups/push ups)(curl ups/push ups)• FlexibilityFlexibility (sit and reach)(sit and reach) Criterion referenced Criterion referenced

fitness standards specific fitness standards specific to age and genderto age and gender

Data Collection and Data Collection and AnalysisAnalysis

• Summary results will be sent from the Summary results will be sent from the LEA to each yearLEA to each year

• Analysis at the state level will be Analysis at the state level will be conducted to see what correlation exists conducted to see what correlation exists with: 1) student academic with: 1) student academic achievement 2) attendance achievement 2) attendance 3) 3) obesity obesity 4) disciplinary problems 4) disciplinary problems 5) the school meal program 5) the school meal program

LEA Policy and LEA Policy and ProcedureProcedure• Student needing improvement in their fitness Student needing improvement in their fitness

level will be referred to resources including level will be referred to resources including CATCHCATCH

• Information will be provided in the student Information will be provided in the student handbook and district web-site and will include handbook and district web-site and will include information about the SHACinformation about the SHAC

• Local policy in regard to student access to Local policy in regard to student access to vending machinesvending machines

• Local policy in regard to penalties for tobacco Local policy in regard to penalties for tobacco useuse

• Notice to parents in regard to student fitness Notice to parents in regard to student fitness resultsresults

Personnel and Personnel and Equipment NeedsEquipment Needs

• PE teachers are scheduled for fitness assessment PE teachers are scheduled for fitness assessment training at UTB on September 18training at UTB on September 18thth or 19 or 19thth

• School nurses will assess student body School nurses will assess student body compositioncomposition

• The state mandate was not funded nor in the The state mandate was not funded nor in the LEA budgetLEA budget

• Non-competitive grant monies are available for Non-competitive grant monies are available for grades 6-8grades 6-8

• UTB may be interested in a MOU – upper level UTB may be interested in a MOU – upper level UTB students could help with campus student UTB students could help with campus student assessmentassessment

RemindersReminders• The moderate and vigorous activity daily The moderate and vigorous activity daily

requirement is not negotiablerequirement is not negotiable• The fitness assessment for students is not The fitness assessment for students is not

negotiablenegotiable• The need for life-time fitness for our students The need for life-time fitness for our students

is written in the TEKS; implementation is not is written in the TEKS; implementation is not negotiablenegotiable

• Senate Bill 530 raises accountability for Senate Bill 530 raises accountability for instruction that has been provided for years – instruction that has been provided for years – the required change for fitness assessment the required change for fitness assessment will highlight the importance of lifetime will highlight the importance of lifetime fitness and physical educationfitness and physical education