2009 House Bill 4924

Mandate school health education classes

Introduced in the House

May 12, 2009

Introduced by Rep. John Proos (R-79)

To mandate that public schools provide at least 15 hours of health education annually to children in grades K-5; and at least one semester and 50 hours of health education annually in grades 6-8. Schools would be required to maintain the same teacher to student ratio for these activities as for regular classes. The state the Department of Education would be required to develop model curriculums.

Referred to the Committee on Education