South Carolina S 740: Davy Hite

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2025-2026 Bill 740 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 10, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 740

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 59-10-10, RELATING TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION STANDARDS, SO AS TO PROVIDE 
THAT STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE MUST BE PROVIDED A MINIMUM 
OF SIXTY MINUTES OF OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EACH DAY.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 59-10-10(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 Section 
59-10-10. (A)(1) The goal of this article is to provide every 
elementary student with the equivalent of thirty sixty minutes of physical activity daily.Beginning in the 2006-07 school year, students in kindergarten 
through fifth grade must be provided a minimum of one hundred fifty minutes a 
week of physical education and physical activity. In 2006-07, a minimum of 
sixty minutes a week must be provided in physical education, and as Section 
59-10-20 is phased in, the minimum time for physical education must be 
increased to ninety minutes a week. 

 (2) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school 
year, students in kindergarten through eighth grade must be provided a minimum 
of sixty minutes of outdoor physical activity, weather permitting, consisting 
of physical education, instructional play, or unstructured play each day.

 (3) The certified physical 
education teacher to student ratio is designed to provide students in 
kindergarten through fifth grade with scheduled physical education either every 
day or on alternate days throughout the school year and must be based on the 
South Carolina Physical Education Curriculum Standards. The student to teacher 
ratio in a physical education class may not exceed the average student to 
teacher ratio of 28 to 1. An individual student's fitness status must be 
reported to his parent or guardian during a student's fifth grade, eighth 
grade, and high school physical education courses. The physical activity must 
be planned and coordinated by the Physical Education Activity Director pursuant 
to Section 59-10-30.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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