a. Successful implementation of Physical Education and Comprehensive Health Education must include the following:

• i. 150 minutes per week of instruction through a combination of physical education, physical activity, and activity based instruction
• ii. 45 minutes per week of health educationiii. Fitness testing in grade 5 (See Appendix)

(1) In addition to all other authority, duties and powers the school boards of the school districts of this state may now have, each is authorized and empowered to adopt plans for the implementation of the Comprehensive School Health Education Program into the local school curriculum.

The State Board of Education shall develop a wellness curriculum for use by each school district and the board shall establish rules and regulations to be followed by the districts whereby the districts shall implement the curriculum. Such wellness curriculum shall include educating students about the value of exercise, proper diet and abstinence from use of tobacco and alcohol.

Contemporary Health (K-8) Content Strands/Topics:

Personal and Consumer Health (PH) (CH) Nutrition and Fitness (N) Mental Health (M) Substance Abuse Prevention (SA) Family/Social Health (F) Community and Environmental Health (C) Human Growth and Development (H) Safety and First Aid (S) Disease Prevention and Control (D)

The curriculum of each elementary or middle school (any configuration of grades K-8) at a minimum consists of reading/language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts, health education, and physical education, which may be taught by a regular classroom teacher. {Miss. Code Ann. § 37-1-3(2) and § 37-13-134}