1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; directing commissioner of education to prepare report for 
1.3 	the legislature on K-12 students' experience with physical education.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON K-12 STUDENTS' EXPERIENCE 
1.6 	WITH PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
 1.7 	(a) The commissioner of education must prepare and submit to the education policy 
1.8 	and finance committees of the legislature by January 15, 2015, a written report on K-12 
1.9 	students' experience with physical education, consistent with this section. Among other 
1.10 	physical education-related issues, the report must indicate:
1.11 	(1) the extent to which K-8 and high school students throughout Minnesota receive 
1.12 	opportunities for physical education and the structure, content, frequency, and availability 
1.13 	of those physical education opportunities;
1.14 	(2) the measures and data used to assess students' level of fitness and the uses made 
1.15 	of the fitness data;
1.16 	(3) the educational preparation of physical education instructors and the proportion 
1.17 	of time certified physical education teachers provide physical education instruction;
1.18 	(4) the structure, frequency, and availability of recess;
1.19 	(5) the extent to which high school students substitute other activities for their 
1.20 	required physical education credit and the structure and content of those other activities;
1.21 	(6) the extent to which high school students earn physical education credits online 
1.22 	and the structure and content of the online credits; and
1.23 	(7) the relationship between students' participation in extracurricular programs and 
1.24 	activities and their physical education opportunities during the school day.
2.1 	(b) Any costs of preparing this report must be paid for out of the Department of 
2.2 	Education's current operating budget.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.