hb 1352

CHAPTER 33

HB 1352-FN – FINAL VERSION

AN ACT requiring school districts to recommend daily physical activity to pupils.

SPONSORS: Rep. French, Merr 34; Rep. Dalrymple, Rock 76; Rep. Pilliod, Belk 31; Rep. Langley, Rock 88; Rep. Sokol, Graf 17; Sen. Peterson, Dist 11; Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21; Sen. O’Hearn, Dist 12; Sen. Foster, Dist 13

This bill requires the local school board and the department of education to develop and adopt a policy recommending that each pupil participate in developmentally appropriate daily physical activity and exercise as way of minimizing certain childhood health problems.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

AN ACT requiring school districts to recommend daily physical activity to pupils.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

I. The most recent information available indicates that there is a strong relationship between physical activity and academic success.

II. Emphasis on physical activity in school children can help build lifetime health, mental health, and social well-being, and prevent adverse health consequences from being overweight including, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, stroke, osteoporosis, and type 2 diabetes.

III. It is beneficial to promote daily physical activity, the enjoyment of physical activity, and the development of lifelong patterns of physical activity.

33:2 New Paragraphs; School Boards; Food and Nutrition Programs; Daily Physical Activity. Amend RSA 189:11-a by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraphs:

V. The school board of each school district shall develop and adopt a policy recommending that all pupils participate in developmentally appropriate daily physical activity, exercise, or physical education as a way to minimize the health risks created by chronic inactivity, childhood obesity, and other related health problems.

VI. The state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to a model physical activity policy and distribute such policy to each public school in the state.