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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1437 By: Pugh
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; directing the State
7 Department of Education to establish certain
8 guidelines to administer certain physical fitness
8 test; directing guidelines to be based on certain
9 recommendations; providing for contents of
9 guidelines; requiring school districts to administer
10 certain test beginning in certain school year;
10 directing school districts to use student performance
11 results in certain manner; providing for promulgation
11 of rules; providing for codification; providing an
12 effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-103.9c of Title 70, unless
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18 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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19 A. The State Department of Education shall establish guidelines
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20 for school districts in this state to assess the overall fitness of
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21 students and encourage physical activity and healthy habits by
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22 administering the Presidential Fitness Test. The physical fitness
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23 test guidelines shall be based on the recommendations of the
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24 President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, which was
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1 reconstituted by Executive Order 14327. The guidelines shall
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3 1. Training for personnel to administer the test;
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4 2. Exemption guidelines for students with disabilities, medical
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7 3. An option for a parent or legal guardian of a student to opt
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9 B. Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, school districts in
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11 students using the guidelines established pursuant to subsection A
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13 C. School districts shall utilize student performance results
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15 1. Promote the physical and mental benefits of daily movement,
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16 exercise, and good nutrition;
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17 2. Modify physical activity opportunities offered to students;
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19 3. Encourage participation in physical activities available to
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20 students inside and outside the school setting.
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21 D. The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to
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23 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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