This bill enacts provisions in public education related to water safety.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- requires the inclusion of water safety instruction in the public education core curriculum standards for physical education;
- allows the exemption of a student from required water safety instruction under certain circumstances;
- allows a local education agency (LEA) to:provide swim instruction, lifeguard certification training, and swim instructor certification training as courses under certain conditions;construe the completion of certain courses toward physical education credit requirements or other requirements; andenter into an agreement with certain providers to offer certain programs; and
- grants rulemaking authority to the State Board of Education.