California Education Code

§ 51210.2

EDC § 51210.2 Effective Jan 1, 2003Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 28 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the physical fitness and motor development of children in the public elementary schools is of equal importance to that of other elements of the curriculum.

(b)It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to encourage each school district maintaining an elementary school composed of any of grades 1 to 6, inclusive, to do one of the following:

(1)Employ a credentialed physical education teacher to provide instruction in physical education for each class of grades 1 to 6, inclusive, within any elementary school in the district for a total period of time of not less than 200 minutes each 10 schooldays, exclusive of recesses and the lunch period.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 943, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.