BILL NUMBER: SB 1290	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 14, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 23, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 51223.3 to the Education Code, relating to
physical education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1290, as amended, Kehoe. Physical education: self-defense and
safety instruction.
   Existing law requires that all pupils in grades 7 to 12,
inclusive, except those excused or exempted pursuant to a prescribed
provisions of law, attend physical education courses for a total
period of time of not less than 400 minutes each 10 schooldays.
Pursuant to its authority to issue program guidelines to serve as
models or examples, the State Board of Education has adopted physical
education model content standards for California public schools.
   This bill  , commencing with the 2011-12 school year, 
would require the State Board of Education to include self-defense
instruction, as defined, and safety instruction, as defined, in the
physical education model content standards.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 51223.3 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   51223.3.  (a)  The   Commencing with the
2011-12 school year, the  State Board of Education shall include
self-defense instruction and safety instruction in the physical
education model content standards for pupils in grades 7 to 12,
inclusive. Self-defense training shall be incorporated into grade 9
or high school physical education course 1 standards.
   (b) As used in this section:
   (1) "Safety instruction" includes, but is not necessarily limited
to, awareness and avoidance of potentially dangerous situations.
   (2) "Self-defense instruction" includes, but is not necessarily
limited to, martial arts, boxing, and other defensive techniques.