52750-52753
EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 52750-52753
52750. There is hereby established the Physical Education Specialist Program, to be administered by the State Department of Education, for the purpose of providing funding to school districts to maintain a physical education specialist program. The department shall establish criteria for the selection of the applicant school districts to participate in the program. School districts that are selected to participate shall be required, as a condition for the receipt of funding, to comply with all of the requirements prescribed by this article. Each school district participating in the program shall be eligible to receive a one-time grant in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each elementary school served by a physical education specialist. Program funds shall be used for the purchase of equipment necessary for an elementary school physical education program. Each program participant shall be required to certify that funding shall only be used for elementary schools in the district that are served by physical education specialists. 52751. (a) The governing board of each school district maintaining an elementary school that elects to participate in the program shall employ persons holding certification qualifications as physical education specialists. Persons employed as physical education specialists shall be the holders of a single subject teaching credential authorizing instruction in physical education. (b) Physical education specialists shall be responsible for the development of physical education instructional programs and activities and the provision of direct instructional services to pupils in furtherance of the district's physical education programs, including all of the following: (1) The delivery of elementary school physical education programs meeting the minimum instructional time requirements prescribed by subdivision (g) of Section 51210. (2) The delivery of elementary school physical education programs in accordance with model curriculum and program guidelines prescribed by the State Department of Education. (3) The delivery of a comprehensive elementary school physical education program, including, but not limited to, physical fitness activities, games, sports, basic movement, and nutrition and health programs. 52752. The maximum ratio of physical education specialists to elementary schools participating in the program shall be one physical education specialist for every two elementary schools in the district. 52753. The State Department of Education shall prescribe criteria for the evaluation of the effectiveness of each school district participating in the program. The evaluation shall include the assessment of elementary school pupils in grades 3 to 6, inclusive, in participating elementary schools prior to and following the establishment of elementary school physical education programs under the program, based upon the results of the Physical Best Fitness Performance Test.