3.0.0 418 2023-01-11T13:28:22Z 2023-01-11T13:28:22Z Senate S 2015-02-09 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-09T23:06:21Z 2015-02-09 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-02-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2015-03-17 False Education Academic performance and assessments Child health Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Health promotion and preventive care Physical fitness and lifestyle Education 00 2015-02-09 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-20T20:12:55Z Promoting Health as Youth Skills in Classrooms and Life Act

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include health education and physical education in the definition of "core academic subjects."

Requires each state to determine the most feasible measure for assessing students in health education and physical education, including through adaptive assessments, to measure student knowledge and performance against state standards.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2016-FY2020 for the Carol M. White Physical Education Program, which provides matching grants to local educational agencies and community-based organizations to initiate, expand, and improve physical education programs (including after-school programs) for students in kindergarten through grade 12.


]]> Promoting Health as Youth Skills in Classrooms and Life Act Display Title Promoting Health as Youth Skills in Classrooms and Life Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to support and encourage the health and well-being of elementary school and secondary school students by enhancing school physical education and health education. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Promoting Health as Youth Skills in Classrooms and Life Act Introduced in Senate 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s418is/xml/BILLS-114s418is.xml 2015-02-09 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.