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2005 SESSION

050736748
SENATE BILL NO. 1130
Offered January 12, 2005
Prefiled January 12, 2005
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-200 of the Code of Virginia, relating to subjects taught in elementary grades.
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Patron-- Lambert
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 22.1-200 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22.1-200. Subjects taught in elementary grades.

A. In the elementary grades of every public school the following subjects shall be taught: Spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, geography, health and physical education, drawing, civil government, history of the United States and history of Virginia.

B. Physical education shall include a minimum of 30 minutes each day of activity that includes cardio-vascular, muscle building, and stretching exercises.  

2.  That each school board shall implement the provisions of this Act through the utilization of existing personnel, thereby resulting in no additional cost to the local school divisions.