This week I'm attending -- and presenting at -- the annual conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. So I'm "borrowing" information sent to me by Amy Lux of the Coalition for Children's Health for this post.
Here's some federal legislation that's been introduced recently and that is relevant to our cause here. If there's something here you feel strongly about and your senator or representative isn't listed as a sponsor, contact him or her and ask for their support. You can find contact information at www.congress.org.
S
651 PLAY Every Day Act 2/15/07
To help
promote the national recommendation of physical activity to kids, families, and
communities across the United States. The
Secretary of Education, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, shall provide grants to State health departments to
enable the State health departments to work in partnership with eligible
community-based coalitions to plan and implement model communities of play.
They shall use grant funds in partnership with community coalitions to carry
out a community action plan and promote a model community of play, by enabling
the maximum use of, or the creation of, spaces and places for physical activity
for children, families, and communities before, during, and after school or
work. This may include increasing the number of schools serving the community
that provide recess, physical education, and physical activity for children and
youth.
Sponsors:
Harken, Clinton
Co-sponsors:
Bingaman, Hagel, Landrieu, Mikulski, Sanders, Boxer, Durbin, Inouye, Menendez,
Nelson
Referred to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
HR 2045 PLAY
Every Day Act 4/27/07
House version.
Sponsors: Udall,
Granger, Boswell, McIntyre, Cummings
Co-sponsors:
Abercrombie, Allen, Blumenauer, Alexander, Bishop, Bordallo, Boucher, Brady,
Braley, Capps, Carson, Castor, Chandler, Christensen, Cohen, Delahunt, Doyle,
Duncan, English, Etheridge, Filner, Fortuno, Frank, Gerlach, Gillibrand, Gonzalez,
Gordon, Green, Hastings, Hinchey, Hinojosa, Israel, Jefferson, Kind, LaHood,
Lewis, Maloney, Markey, Marshall, McGovern, McNulty, Miller, Moran, Musgrave,
Myrick, Napolitano, Norton, Olver, Pastor, Payne, Price, Ramstad, Renzi,
Rothman, Salazar, Schakowsky, Snyder, Souder, Towns, Weiner
Referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
HR
3257 Fitness Integrated with Teaching Act (Fit Kids Act) 7/31/07
To amend the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education,
asking states to show demonstrated progress toward meeting the national goal
for required physical education, which is 150 minutes per week for all students
in elementary schools and 225 minutes per week for all students in middle and
high schools.
Sponsors:
Kind, Wamp, Inslee
Co-sponsors:
Sanford, Carson, Braley, Clay, Costa, Filner, Gordon, Hare, Johnson, Kagen,
Lipinski, Lofgren, Maloney, McIntyre, McNerney, Moran, Norton, Ryan, Sarbanes,
Smith
Referred
to the Committee on Education and Labor
S 2173
Fitness Integrated with Teaching Act (Fit Kids Act) 10/17/07
Senate
version
Sponsor:
Harkin
Referred
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
HR
1224 'Strengthening Physical Education Act of 2007' 2/28/07
To
amend section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
regarding challenging academic content standards for physical education. The
Secretary of Education may award grants on a competitive basis to State
education agencies to establish and revise state standards for physical
education. Grants may be used to develop, revise, or improve physical education
curriculum to meet minimum content and performance standards established by the
Secretary, to purchase content materials and equipment to implement physical
education curriculum, to assist in the implementation of physical education
model programs; and provide for staff and teacher training and education.
Sponsors: Wamp, Kind, Inslee
Co-sponsors: Abercrombie,
Bishop, Filner, Fortuno, Gordon, Hare, Holden, Jackson-Lee, Lofgren, Moran,
Norton, Payne, Rahall, Rothman, Ryan, Shays, Walsh, Wicker
Referred to the Committee on
Education and Labor, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce
S
2066 'Back to School:
Improving Standards for Nutrition and Physical Education in Schools Act of
2007' 9/18/07
To establish nutrition and
physical education standards for schools.
Sponsor: Obama
Referred to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
HR 3606
Access to Complete Education Act 9/19/07
To amend the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for core curriculum
development. Support systemic, comprehensive education reform by strengthening
the instruction of music and arts, foreign languages, civics and government,
economics, history, geography, and physical education and health as an integral
part of the elementary and secondary school curriculum.
Sponsors: Woolsey, Hare,
Loebsack, Sarbanes, Jefferson
Referred to the Committee on
Education and Labor
HR 3642
Expanded Learning Time Demonstration Act 9/24/07
Amend
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide support through
competitive grants to local education agencies and State education agencies to
to expand learning time in the form of longer school days.
Sponsor:
Payne
Referred to the Subcommittee
on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
HR 1702 Common Sense Budget Act of 2007 3/26/07
To reallocate funds toward sensible
priorities such as improved children's education, increased children's access
to health care, expanded job training, and increased energy efficiency and
conservation through a reduction of wasteful defense spending, and for other
purposes. $10,000,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the
modernization of school facilities under section 8007(b) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965
Sponsors: Woolsey, Lee,
Kucinich, Jackson-Lee, Kilpatrick, Schakowsky, Grijalva, Serrano, Stark,
Becerra, Carson, Christensen, Ellison, Filner, Gutierrez, Hinchey, Honda,
Kaptur, McDermott, McGovern, Rush, Solis, Watson
Co-sponsors: Clarke, Clay,
Cleaver, Cohen, Conyers, Cummings, Farr, Fattah, Hare, Jackson, Jones, Lewis,
McDermott, McGovern, Meeks, Moore, Norton, Olver, Payne, Thompson, Velazquez,
Watt, Welch, Wynn
Referred to the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and
Labor, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs
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