[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1276 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1276

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 2005

  Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Obesity-related diseases cost the United States economy 
        more than $100,000,000,000 every year.
            (2) Almost half of young people aged 12 through 21, and 
        more than a third of high school students, do not participate 
        in vigorous physical activity on a regular basis.

SEC. 2. PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

    Section 1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(C)--
                    (A) by striking ``arts, and'' and inserting 
                ``arts,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``science,'' and inserting 
                ``science and (beginning in the 2006-2007 school year) 
                physical education,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``and science'' and 
                        inserting ``science, and physical education''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by inserting before the period ``and 
                        no State shall be required to meet the 
                        requirements of this part relating to physical 
                        education assessments until the beginning of 
                        the 2008-2009 school year''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)(v)--
                            (i) in subclause (II)(cc), by inserting 
                        ``and'' after the semicolon; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(III) beginning not later than 
                                school year 2008-2009, measure the 
                                proficiency of all students in physical 
                                education and be administered not less 
                                than 1 time during--
                                            ``(aa) grades 3 through 5;
                                            ``(bb) grades 6 through 9; 
                                        and
                                            ``(cc) grades 10 through 
                                        12;''.
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