Wellness and Physical Education Technical Document
Overview
The national association for sport and physical education creates a set of guidelines for physical education in grades kindergarten through twelve. Ohio Revised Code
3301.079(A)(3) states that either these guidelines or a set created by the state board of education must be adopted. This statue also requires that the state employ a full-time physical education coordinator to provide guidance and technical assistance to districts, community schools, and STEM schools in implementing the physical education standards adopted under this division.
To accompany this law, the legislature also adopted ORC Section
3302.032 (A) and
3302.032(B) to create wellness and physical education measures on the building and district report cards.
State law requires the reporting of physical education and wellness measures. For district and school report cards, the data are reported through four measures. These measures include:
- The extent to which the students meet physical education benchmarks
- Whether the district implemented a local wellness policy required by federal regulation
- Whether the building and/or district elected to administer Body Mass Index screenings to students (data gathered by Ohio Department of Health)
- Participation in the Physical Education Pilot Program
Technical Documentation and Resources
Last Modified: 10/16/2023 1:22:45 PM