HR 1057 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

FIT Kids Act

Introduced Mar 14, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Ron Kind D-WI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 4, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 14, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act or FIT Kids Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require annual state and local educational agency report cards to include specified information on school health and physical education programs.

Includes the promotion of healthy, active lifestyles by students within ESEA grant programs that support school counseling, smaller learning communities, community learning centers, and parental involvement in their childrens' education.

Revises the professional development program for teachers and principals to include training for physical and health education teachers, and training on improving students' health habits and participation in physical activities.

Directs the Secretary of Education to contract with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for a study that: (1) assesses the effect health and physical education have on students' ability to learn; and (2) makes recommendations for improving, and measuring improvements to, their health and physical education in schools.

Cosponsors 96

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2011 to Sep 21, 2012, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Jay Inslee	Original	Mar 14, 2011
R-PA	Jim Gerlach	Original	Mar 14, 2011
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson	Original	Mar 14, 2011
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Mar 16, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Mar 16, 2011
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Mar 16, 2011
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Mar 16, 2011
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Mar 16, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner		Mar 17, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Mar 17, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Mar 17, 2011
D-NC	David E. Price		Mar 30, 2011
D-IA	David Loebsack		Mar 30, 2011
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Mar 30, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Mar 30, 2011

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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 4, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Mar 14, 2011Introduced in House
Mar 14, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 576	FIT Kids Act	Identical bill	Mar 15, 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

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Mar 14, 2011Introduced in House

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