Outline of the state of West Virginia
West Virginia
Required for all grades

Physical Education K-12 Curriculum—HS

Physical Education K-12 Curriculum—HS

State law requires high school PE curriculum.

Code of State Rules 126-21-4 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Disposition

All students are required to complete one (1) unit of physical education and one (1) unit of health prior to graduation.

Policy Type
Regulation
Source
West Virginia Administrative Code

Code of State Rules 126-42-5. Program Definition and Design

5.4.a. High School Programming (Grades 9-12)

Physical Education

1 credit

Physical Education 9-12 (WV Education Information System [hereinafter WVEIS] course 6609). At least 50 percent of class time for physical education should be spent in moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity.

Policy Type
Regulation
Source
West Virginia Administrative Code

West Virginia Code 18-2-7a. Legislative findings; required physical education; program in physical fitness.

(3) High school grades. -- Not less than one full course credit of physical education, including physical exercise and age-appropriate physical activities, which shall be required for graduation and the opportunity to enroll in an elective lifetime physical education course.

Policy Type
Statute
Source
West Viriginia Code