1.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.
2.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;
.