How many minutes should be spent in health and physical education?
Just as in other content areas, the State does not mandate any specific time for the Standard Course of Study in grades K-8. It is recommended that daily physical education should be the maximum and 3 days per week should be the minimum amount of time for physical education. The health education portion of the Standard Course of Study was developed based on the assumption that approximately 2 and ½ hours per week would be available in grades K-8. For the high school level, 150 instructional hours in health and physical education are required for a student to graduate from high school in North Carolina. Time should be equally divided between the two content areas in order to meet this graduation requirement.
