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Health Education Teaches Skills for a Healthy Life
Category
Health Education Teaches Skills for a Healthy Life
State law recommends teaching knowledge, attitudes, and skills for making health-promoting decisions and healthy behaviors.
92 Nebraska Administrative Code 10-004.02 Elementary Curriculum.
004.02A5 Health. The curriculum helps children develop an understanding of the body systems, nutrition, wellness (including physical activity), and healthy living habits.
92 Nebraska Administrative Code 10-004.04 Secondary Curriculum.
004.04B7 Personal Health and Physical Fitness - 20 instructional units or two years of daily classes in personal health and physical fitness. The personal health and physical fitness curriculum includes content to emphasize life-long wellness habits including the knowledge and psychomotor skills applicable to cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The curriculum emphasizes non-participation in high risk behavior. The physical fitness curriculum includes an active program of health-related physical fitness, including cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition. Practice for and participation in interscholastic athletic activities are not accepted as a substitute for any part of the personal health and physical fitness requirement.