April Weaver voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Repeals Ban on Yoga Classes in Public Schools
Vote to pass a bill that repeals the ban on teaching yoga classes in public schools.
Authorizes local boards of education to offer instruction in yoga to students in grades kindergarten through 12, subject to the following requirements (Sec. 1):
Each local board of education must have exclusive discretion to determine the duration and frequency of periods of instruction in yoga;
All instruction in yoga must be limited exclusively to poses, exercises, and stretching techniques;
All poses must be limited exclusively to sitting, standing, reclining, twisting, and balancing;
All poses, exercises, and stretching techniques must have exclusively English descriptive names; and
Chanting, mantras, mudras, use of mandalas, and namaste greetings are expressly prohibited.
Title: Repeals Ban on Yoga Classes in Public Schools