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S 1276 109th Congress Senate Education Academic performance Educational accountability Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Physical education and training Sports and Recreation

A bill to amend section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding challenging academic content standards for physical education.

Introduced: June 21, 2005 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Jun 21, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 21, 2005
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include physical education among the subjects for which states are required to have academic content and achievement standards for all public school students, beginning in school year 2006-2007.

Requires physical education assessment to begin by school year 2008-2009, including measurement of students' proficiency at least one time during: (1) grades 3 through 6; (2) grades 6 through 9; and (3) grades 10 through 12.

What's happening now June 21, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1276: A bill to amend section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding challenging academic content standards for physical education.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1276/
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