Texas Requires Elementary Schools To Offer 2-Plus Hours Of Physical Ed.
Saying they hope to combat obesity and promote better health for young children, members of the Texas state board of education have voted to require elementary schools to offer more than two hours of physical education a week.
By a 13-2 vote, the board decided on March 22 to set 135 minutes each week as the minimum amount of time elementary schools need to allot for physical education.
In 1995, the Texas legislature passed a law that categorized physical education as an elective course, along with classes such...
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