§ 16-22-4 - Instruction in health and physical education.
SECTION 16-22-4
§ 16-22-4 Instruction in health andphysical education. – All children in grades one through twelve (12) attending public schools, or anyother schools managed and controlled by the state, shall receive in thoseschools instruction in health and physical education under rules andregulations the department of elementary and secondary education may prescribeor approve during periods which shall average at least twenty (20) minutes ineach school day. No private school or private instruction shall be approved byany school committee for the purposes of chapter 19 of this title assubstantially equivalent to that required by law of a child attending a publicschool in the same city and/or town unless instruction in health and physicaleducation similar to that required in public schools shall be given. CommencingSeptember 1, 2012, the required health education curriculum shall be based onthe health education standards of the Rhode Island Health Education Framework:Health Literacy for All Students as promulgated by the Rhode Island departmentof education and consistent with the mandated health instructional outcomestherein. Commencing September 1, 2012, the required physical educationcurriculum shall be based on the physical education standards of the RhodeIsland Physical Education Framework: Supporting Physically Active Lifestylesthrough Quality Physical Education as promulgated by the Rhode Islanddepartment of education and consistent with the instructional outcomes therein.