P.E. for the 21st Century Act
Latest action · Oct 13, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 29, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
P.E. for the 21st Century Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies and charter schools to improve physical fitness education and curricula in elementary and secondary schools.
Requires each grantee to carry out a pilot program for one school year that: (1) makes technology a key component of assessing students' physical fitness and improvement; (2) creates partnerships with local businesses to ensure community support for the program, and their financial and professional assistance; and (3) incorporates physical fitness education (in addition to regular physical fitness education classes) into multiple areas of the curriculum.
Limits such grants to one grantee in each state.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 13, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
- Jul 29, 2010Introduced in House
- Jul 29, 2010Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2010Introduced in House
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