BILL NUMBER: SB 1290	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 23, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 28, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 14, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 23, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Saldana)

                        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 would require the State Board of Education  and the
Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission  to
include self-defense instruction, as defined, and safety
instruction, as defined, in the next revision of the physical
education framework for pupils in grades 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12.
   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) During the next revision of the physical education
framework, the state board  and the Curriculum Development and
Supplemental Materials Commission  shall include self-defense
instruction and safety instruction in that framework for pupils in
grades 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12.
   (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.