HB 85

Present law requires each local education agency (LEA) to integrate a minimum of 130 minutes of physical activity per week for elementary schools and 90 mi nutes per week for middle and high schools. This bill increases for elementary schools the amount of physical activity from 130 minutes per week to 60 minutes per day. An LEA must offer such time in two 30-minute periods of physical activity per school d ay, with one session in the morning and one in the afternoon. This bill establishes that physical activity can be walking, jumping rope, playing volleyball, or other forms of physical activity that promote fitness and well-being. Physical activity mus t include unstructured play outside, unless weather conditions negatively impact reasonable execution of physical activity outside. However, physical activity does not include walking to and from class, time when a student is permitted to use an electron i c device, or time spent by a student in a physical education class. Additionally, a student may not be withheld from participating in physical activity as a form of punishment. ON MARCH 10, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 15 8, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 makes the following revisions:  Revises the provision requiring each LEA to integrate f or elementary school students a minimum of 60 minutes of physical activity per full school day to, instead, require a minimum of 40 minutes of such activity.  Removes the provision requiring a n LEA to offer elementary students two 30 -minute periods of physical activity per school day, one session occurring in the morning and one session occurring in the afternoon .