FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
?
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
?
JOHN L. WINN
Commissioner of Education
F. PHILIP HANDY,
Chairman
T. WILLARD FAIR,
Vice Chairman
Members
DONNA G. CALLAWAY
LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.
CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA
JULIA L. JOHNSON
LINDA K. TAYLOR
Contact
Persons
Name:
Lorraine Allen/Faye Johnson/Jen Thorn
Phone:
850-245-0668/850-245-9955/850-245-9951
Suncom:
205-0668/205-9955/205-9951
E-mail:
Lorraine.Allen@fldoe.org
Faye.Johnson@fldoe.org
Jenifer.Thorn@fldoe.org
DPS: 05-065
MEMORANDUM
TO:
District School Superintendents
FROM:
Jim Warford
DATE:
December 9, 2004
SUBJECT: 2004 Legislation: Senate Bill 354 Relating to Physical Education
As previously announced in DPS Memorandum 04-142, Governor Bush signed into law Senate
Bill (CS/CS/SB) 354, Public School Educational Instruction, which includes provisions related
to physical education requirements (http://info.fldoe.org/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File-2188/DPS04-
142.pdf). Components relating to physical fitness assessments in Senate Bill 354 require the
Department of Education to:
•
?
By December 1, 2004, develop support materials and distribute the materials to each school
district to enable implementation of recommended fitness assessment programs, which
districts may use in assessing and reporting individual student fitness.
•
?
By March 1, 2005, select or develop a physical fitness assessment instrument that the
school districts may use in assessing and reporting individual student fitness and a standard
report form for this information which may be provided to parents.
JIM WARFORD
K -12 Chancellor
325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 514 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0509• www.fldoe.org
District School Superintendents
December 9, 2004
Page Two
In order to implement the statutory requirements of the CS/CS/SB 354, the Department of
Education established the
Florida Physical Education Workgroup
to receive input from leaders
in the field of physical education
.
This workgroup assisted in the review of student fitness
assessment practices in Florida.
Pertaining to the requirement that the Department of Education develop and distribute support
materials related to student fitness assessment to school districts by December 1, 2004, please
find attached information on programs and instruments that districts may use in assessing and
reporting individual student fitness. Further, the workgroup recommended that the Department
review student fitness assessment practices from other states in order to develop a Florida
physical fitness assessment instrument, in addition to those already in existence, for districts to
use should they so choose. The Department is in the process of researching and developing the
instrument to meet the March 1, 2005, deadline, and will continue to solicit input from the
workgroup, districts, and interested parties in its development.
If you have further questions regarding this legislation, please contact Lorraine Allen, Director,
Office of Safe and Healthy Schools; Faye Johnson, Director, Coordinated School Health
Program (CSHP); or Jen Thorn, Physical Education Coordinator, CSHP.
JW/lha
Attachment
cc:
?
Assistant Superintendents
for Curriculum and Instruction
District Physical Education Contacts/Supervisors
District Health Coordinators
