WyomingWyoming schools would limit removal from physical education as punishment
If enacted, district boards would bar taking away physical education for unrelated misbehavior, while the state board would offer a sample policy on class time.
What it does
By July 1, 2027, each school district would adopt a policy against removing students from physical education as punishment, except for conduct directly related to that class.
By July 1, 2027, the state education board would adopt a sample policy setting minimum physical education class time. School districts could choose whether to use it.
Argument forStudents who misbehave outside physical education could keep their time to exercise and learn in that class.
Argument againstSchools might have fewer ways to respond to misbehavior outside physical education because they could not take away that class as punishment.
More detail
Each school district board would adopt a policy barring removal from physical education as punishment. The policy would cover students in Wyoming school districts. A district could remove a student when the discipline directly relates to that student's conduct in physical education class. District boards would adopt the policy by July 1, 2027.
The state education board would adopt a sample policy setting minimum class time for physical education. The sample policy would cover students' participation in physical education courses. School districts could choose whether to use the sample policy. The state board would adopt the sample policy by July 1, 2027.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
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