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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5946 

To establish a competitive pilot program that utilizes community, innovation, 

and technology to improve physical fitness education and curriculum 

in elementary schools and secondary schools. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 29, 2010 

Mr. BOSWELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To establish a competitive pilot program that utilizes community, innovation, and technology to improve physical fitness education and curriculum in elementary schools and 

secondary schools. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as ‘‘P.E. for the 21st Century 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE PHYS2 ICAL FITNESS EDUCATION AND CUR3 RICULUM. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 

5 to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall award grants, 

6 on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies and 

7 charter schools to improve physical fitness education and 

8 curriculum in elementary schools and secondary schools. 

9 (b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not award a 

10 grant under this Act to more than 1 local educational 

11 agency or charter school in each State. 

12 (c) APPLICATIONS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—To receive a grant under 

14 this Act, a local educational agency or charter school 

15 shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 

16 time, in such manner, and containing such informa17 tion as the Secretary may require. 

18 (2) DEADLINE.—The Secretary shall ensure 

19 that the deadline for submitting applications under 

20 paragraph (1) is not later than 1 year after the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act. 

22 (d) USES OF FUNDS.—Each local educational agency 

23 and each charter school receiving a grant under this Act 

24 shall use such funds to carry out, for 1 school year, a pilot 

25 program that— 


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1 (1) makes technology (such as heart rate mon2 itors, body mass testing, and body fat testing) a key 

3 component of testing and assessing the physical fit4 ness and improvement of each student enrolled in el5 ementary schools and secondary schools in the agen6 cy or the charter school; 

7 (2) creates partnerships between the agency or 

8 charter school and local business (such as gyms, gro9 ceries, and farmer’s markets) to ensure community 

10 support for the program, and local financial and 

11 professional assistance; and 

12 (3) incorporates physical fitness education (in 

13 addition to and outside of the regular physical fit14 ness education classes provided by the agency or 

15 charter school) into multiple areas of the curriculum, 

16 such as courses in math, sciences, social science, 

17 home economics, and nutrition. 

18 (e) REPORTS.— 

19 (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY AND CHAR20 TER SCHOOL REPORTS.—Each local educational 

21 agency and each charter school receiving a grant 

22 under this Act shall, at the end of the last 3-month 

23 period of the pilot program being carried out by the 

24 agency or charter school with such grant funds, sub25 mit to the Secretary a report in such form and conVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:49 Jul 30, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5946.IH H5946

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1 taining such information as the Secretary may re2 quire, including information on the improvements in 

3 the physical fitness of students enrolled in the ele4 mentary schools and secondary schools in the agency 

5 or the charter school. 

6 (2) SECRETARY.—Not later than 6 months 

7 after receiving reports under paragraph (1), the Sec8 retary shall transmit to Congress a report on— 

9 (A) the outcomes of the pilot programs 

10 carried out with such grant funds, including the 

11 improvements in the physical fitness of students 

12 participating in such programs; and 

13 (B) recommendations on improving the 

14 core curriculum of physical fitness in elemen15 tary schools and secondary schools. 

16 (f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act: 

17 (1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local edu18 cational agency’’; ‘‘elementary school’’; and ‘‘sec19 ondary school’’ have the meanings given such terms 

20 in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

21 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

22 (2) CHARTER SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘charter 

23 school’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

24 5210 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

25 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221i). 


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1 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Education. 

3 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

4 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 

5 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

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