Committee hears bill to let club sports satisfy PE credit, mandate recess in K–8

The House Education Committee held a second hearing on House Bill 304, which would allow school districts to authorize organized club sports and other structured athletic activities to satisfy high-school physical-education (PE) requirements and would require K–8 schools to provide at least 60 minutes of recess daily.

Rachel Schlaghek, a sophomore at Centerville High School, testified in favor of the bill and described her travel-intensive schedule as a competitive hockey player. Schlaghek said club training sometimes keeps her out of school until after 11 p.m. and that counting club sport training toward PE would help her balance coursework and athletics. "If my hockey training counts towards PE, it won't have I won't have to squeeze in separate gym classes or risk missing instructional time in other subjects," she…