3.0.0 2173 2023-01-11T20:20:55Z 2023-01-11T20:20:55Z Senate S S 2007-10-17 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-10-17T15:01:31Z Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act 110 3257 HR 2007-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS 2007-10-17 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-10-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12990-12991) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-12-04 False E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2008-02-05 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-04-29 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2008-05-06 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2008-05-08 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-05-08 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2008-05-08 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-06-03 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-06-20 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2008-06-24 False K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2008-07-08 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2008-07-28 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2008-11-19 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2008-12-11 False Education Academic performance Agriculture and Food Child health Child nutrition Class size Community and school Continuing education Day care Economics and Public Finance Educational accountability Educational counseling Educational planning Educational research Educational statistics Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Families Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Health Health education Higher education Information services Lifestyle Obesity Parent-school relationships Performance measurement Physical education and training Physical fitness Preschool education School administration School health programs Secondary education Sports and Recreation Standards Teacher education Education 00 2007-10-17 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-08T15:05:27Z 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 Health and Human Services to fund a study by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) that: (1) assesses the affect 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.

]]> Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act Short Titles as Introduced Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act Short Titles as Introduced FIT Kids Act Introduced in Senate 2007-10-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2173is/xml/BILLS-110s2173is.xml 2007-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.