(a) All schools under the jurisdiction of the State Education Department shall provide a program of health, physical education and recreation in an environment conducive to healthful living. This program shall include:

1. (1) health and safety education;
2. (2) physical education, including athletics; and
3. (3) recreation.

(b) It shall be the duty of trustees and boards of education:

1. (1) to provide approved and adequate personnel and facilities;
2. (2) to maintain for each child cumulative records covering the essential features of the health and physical education program and, when a pupil transfers to another school, to provide such school with a certified transcript thereof;
3. (3) to make reports to the department on forms prescribed by the commissioner.