Promoting Health as Youth Skills In Classrooms And Life Act

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."

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2160 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2160

To support and encourage the health and well-being of elementary school 
 and secondary school students by enhancing school physical education 
                         and health education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2013

   Ms. Fudge (for herself, Mr. Polis, and Mr. Lewis) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Health as Youth Skills In 
Classrooms And Life Act''.

SEC. 2. HEALTH EDUCATION AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AS CORE ACADEMIC 
              SUBJECTS.

    Section 9101(11) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(11)) is amended by striking ``and geography'' and 
inserting ``geography, physical education, and health education''.
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