S 634 111th Congress Senate Education Academic performance and assessments Child health Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government studies and investigations Physical fitness and lifestyle Teaching, teachers, curricula

FIT Kids Act

Introduced: March 18, 2009 See on congress.gov

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Mar 18, 2009

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

Mar 18, 2009

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act or the FIT Kids Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require annual state and local educational agency report cards to include specified information on school health and physical education programs.

Includes the promotion of healthy, active lifestyles by students within ESEA grant programs that support school counseling, smaller learning communities, community learning centers, and parental involvement in their childrens' education.

Revises the professional development program for teachers and principals to include training for physical and health education teachers, and training on improving students' health habits and participation in physical activities.

Directs the Secretary of Education to contract with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for a study that: (1) assesses the effect health and physical education have on students' ability to learn; and (2) makes recommendations for improving, and measuring improvements to, their health and physical education in schools.

What's happening now March 18, 2009

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

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