19 Tex. Admin. Code § 103.1003 - Student Physical Activity Requirements and Exemptions
(a) In accordance with the Texas Education
Code (TEC), §28.002(l), all students in Kindergarten-Grade 8 must participate
in at least 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous daily physical activity subject
only to the limitations or exemptions specified in this section.
(1) For a student enrolled in any grade level
below Grade 6, the school district or open-enrollment charter school may
require a student to participate in moderate or vigorous physical activity for
at least 135 minutes during each school week as an alternative.
(2) A student in Grade 6, 7, or 8 must
participate daily for at least four semesters during those grades.
(3) A school district or open-enrollment
charter school that uses block scheduling may permit a student to participate
in 225 minutes of physical activity over two weeks as an alternative.
(4) Each school district or open-enrollment
charter school must allow an exemption from the physical activity requirement
for a student with an illness or a disability using the health classifications
defined in §
74.31 of this title (relating to
Health Classifications for Physical Education).
(b) Each school district or open-enrollment
charter school must provide an exemption for a student on a middle or junior
high school campus to participate in an extracurricular activity that has a
moderate to vigorous physical activity component and meets the requirements for
extracurricular activity as defined by §
76.1001 of this title (relating to
Extracurricular Activities) and is a structured activity as defined by
subsection (d) of this section.
(c)
A school district or open-enrollment charter school may allow an exemption for
a student on a middle or junior high school campus participating in a
school-related activity or an activity sponsored by a private league or club
only if that activity meets each of the following requirements.
(1) The activity must be structured as
defined in subsection (d) of this section.
(2) The school district's board of trustees
or open-enrollment charter school board must certify the activity.
(3) The student must provide proof of
participation in the activity.
(d) A structured activity as referenced in
this section is defined as an activity that meets, at a minimum, each of the
following requirements.
(1) The activity is
based on the grade appropriate movement, physical activity and health, and
social development strands of the essential knowledge and skills for physical
education specified in Chapter 116 of this title (relating to Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills for Physical Education).
(2) The activity is organized and monitored
by school personnel or by appropriately trained instructors who are part of a
program that has been certified by the school district's board of trustees or
open-enrollment charter school board.
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