MCPS Teachers Champion State Bill To Strengthen Elementary School P.E. Curriculum

MCPS Teachers Champion State Bill To Strengthen Elementary School P.E. Curriculum: School system ranks near bottom statewide in time spent on elementary school physical education

...To that end, Slatkin and Spencer are pushing for a statewide bill that would require Maryland school districts to set aside 150 minutes per week for elementary-age students to exercise. Recess could account for 60 minutes of this total, but physical education classes would have to make up the remaining 90 minutes.

Montgomery County’s public schools rank near the bottom statewide when it comes to physical education time for elementary-age students, according to the Maryland State Department of Education. Data collected by the department in January show the county’s elementary school students get between 30 and 60 minutes of weekly physical education time. No other jurisdiction in the state had schools providing less than 40 minutes of P.E. per week...

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2018/MCPS-Teachers-Champion-State-Bill-To-Strengthen-Elementary-School-PE-Curriculum/