3.0.0 576 2020-02-10T17:03:12Z 2020-02-10T17:03:12Z Senate S S 2011-03-15 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-03-15T15:12:18Z FIT Kids Act 112 1057 HR 2011-04-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Identical bill CRS 2011-03-15 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1678-1680) IntroReferral 2011-03-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1678) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-04-05 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-04-14 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-04-14 False U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2011-04-14 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2011-04-14 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-05-09 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-05-09 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2011-05-09 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-05-09 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2011-05-11 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2011-05-25 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2011-07-20 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2011-09-12 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2011-10-20 False 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 Education 00 2011-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2011-03-18T19:03:05Z Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act or 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.

]]> FIT Kids Act Short Titles as Introduced FIT Kids Act Short Titles as Introduced Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act Display Title FIT 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 2011-03-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s576is/xml/BILLS-112s576is.xml 2011-03-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1678-1680) 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.