FIT Kids Act
Latest action · Jul 8, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
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.
- IntroducedMay 23, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act or FIT Kids Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to award grants to states to implement comprehensive programs to promote physical activity, education, and fitness and nutrition that are based on scientifically valid research, and an analysis of need that considers, at a minimum, physical education indicators. Limits a grant award to a maximum of five years.
Prescribes certain activities under a grant, including that states must: (1) develop and implement a physical education indicators measurement system; (2) collect and publish information on physical activity, education, and fitness and nutrition at the school level; (3) use indicators to identify and address student needs; (4) encourage local education agencies to integrate physical activity, education, and fitness into a range of subjects throughout the school day and locations within schools; and (5) award sub-grants based on identified needs. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, to establish program performance metrics to measure the effectiveness of the grant program's activities.
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the compact with parents under the school-level parental involvement policy to include a description of the school's responsibility to support their children in leading a healthy and active life, such as by providing health meals and snacks, encouraging participation in physical education, and sharing in physical activity outside the school day to support successful academic achievement.
Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to require the Secretary to promote equal opportunities for students with disabilities to be included and participate in physical education and extracurricular athletics implemented in, or in conjunction with, elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education, by ensuring the provision of appropriate technical assistance and guidance for schools and institutions and their personnel.
Cosponsors 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 23, 2013 to Sep 8, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Jul 10, 2013 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Jul 30, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Sep 20, 2013 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Sep 20, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Oct 10, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Oct 10, 2013 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Oct 10, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Oct 10, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Oct 10, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Oct 23, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Oct 23, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Oct 23, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 23, 2013 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Jul 8, 2013 | |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Jul 8, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Jul 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- May 23, 2013Introduced in House
- May 23, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2957.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1033 | FIT Kids Act | Identical bill | May 23, 2013 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize a grant program to promote physical education, activity, and fitness and nutrition, and to ensure healthy students, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- FIT Kids Act
- Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Child health
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Disability and paralysis
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Government information and archives
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Higher education
- Nutrition and diet
- Performance measurement
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- School athletics
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 23, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
