What are some of the best practices for schools around Physical Activity?
• Implement a daily, high quality physical education program for all students throughout the school year and do not allow exemptions from physical education for participation in other activities (e.g., interscholastic sports, band, chorus, academic classes). (See the Best Practices in Physical Education.) • Offer a variety of interscholastic athletics, intramural activities, and/or non-competitive physical activity clubs for all students – with no fee or fees that are waived for any student who cannot afford to pay. • Offer after-school programs that include physical activity. • Provide students in grades K-5 a minimum of 20 minutes of daily recess that does not substitute for physical education • Prohibit the withholding of recess as a form of punishment for poor performance or bad behavior. • Prohibit the use of physical activity to punish students for poor performance or bad behavior. • Encourage classroom-based movement and/or brief physical activity breaks in all subject area clas
