S 740

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
Bill 740
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
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A bill
TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING
SECTION 59-10-10, RELATING TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION STANDARDS, SO AS TO PROVIDE
THAT STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE MUST BE PROVIDED A MINIMUM
OF SIXTY MINUTES OF OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EACH DAY.
Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1.  Section 59-10-10(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to
read:
    Section
59-10-10.  (A)(1) The goal of this article is to provide every
elementary student with the equivalent of thirty sixty minutes of physical activity daily.Beginning in the 2006-07 school year, students in kindergarten
through fifth grade must be provided a minimum of one hundred fifty minutes a
week of physical education and physical activity.  In 2006-07, a minimum of
sixty minutes a week must be provided in physical education, and as Section
59-10-20 is phased in, the minimum time for physical education must be
increased to ninety minutes a week.
       (2) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school
year, students in kindergarten through eighth grade must be provided a minimum
of sixty minutes of outdoor physical activity, weather permitting, consisting
of physical education, instructional play, or unstructured play each day.
       (3) The certified physical
education teacher to student ratio is designed to provide students in
kindergarten through fifth grade with scheduled physical education either every
day or on alternate days throughout the school year and must be based on the
South Carolina Physical Education Curriculum Standards.  The student to teacher
ratio in a physical education class may not exceed the average student to
teacher ratio of 28 to 1.  An individual student's fitness status must be
reported to his parent or guardian during a student's fifth grade, eighth
grade, and high school physical education courses.  The physical activity must
be planned and coordinated by the Physical Education Activity Director pursuant
to Section 59-10-30.
SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.
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