Document establishes physical education Standard for elementary school students.

(a) School districts are required to provide physical education programs to all students. These programs may include athletics.

(b) Public elementary schools must provide instruction in physical education for all students in full-day kindergarten through Grade 5 for an average of sixty (60) minutes per week.

(c) Physical education instruction must be aligned with the Oklahoma Academic Standard.

(d) Time spent in recess cannot count toward the average of sixty (60) minutes per week required for physical education.

B. The Board shall require, as a condition of accreditation, that public elementary schools provide instruction, for students in full-day kindergarten and grades one through five, in physical education or exercise programs for a minimum of an average of sixty (60) minutes each week. The time students participate in recess shall not be counted toward the sixty-minutes-per-week physical education requirement.

F. Instruction in physical education required in this section shall be aligned with the subject matter Standard as adopted by the Board.

Document identifies priority academic student skills for elementary school students to gain through physical education.