HB4982 SFA Deeds # 2-18

Dellinger  7965

Senator Deeds moved to amend the bill on pages 10-12, section 7a, lines 49-80, by striking out all of subsection (f) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (f) to read as follows:

(d) (f) The state board shall prescribe a program within the existing health and physical education program which incorporates fitness testing, reporting, recognition, fitness events and incentive programs which requires the participation in grades four through eight and the required high school course. The state board shall adopt the Presidential Fitness Test as part of this program and ensure it is administered and operated in accordance with the guidance of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. For any areas of testing and preparation not addressed by the Presidential Fitness Test and the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, those areas of The the program shall be selected from nationally accepted fitness testing programs designed for school-aged children that test cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and body composition: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the use of programs designed under the auspices of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. The program shall include modified tests for exceptional students. Each school in the state shall participate in National Physical Fitness and Sports Month in May of each year and shall make every effort to involve the community it serves in the related events.

Adopted

Rejected