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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2150

To promote better health for young people through Federal matching awards 

for physical education programs of excellence, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 1, 2004

Mr. NELSON of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL

To promote better health for young people through Federal 

matching awards for physical education programs of excellence, and for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. PHYSICAL EDUCATION. 

4 Part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary 

5 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7241 et seq.) is amend6 ed by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘Subpart 22—Physical Education 

8 ‘‘SEC. 5651. PHYSICAL EDUCATION MATCHING AWARDS. 

9 ‘‘(a) MATCHING AWARDS.—From amounts appro10 priated under subsection (d) for a fiscal year, the Sec-
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1 retary shall provide an award to each eligible school in 

2 an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount the eligible 

3 school expended on the eligible school’s physical education 

4 program for the school year preceding the school for which 

5 the award is made. 

6 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DEFINED.—In this section 

7 the term ‘eligible school’ means an elementary school, a 

8 middle school, or a secondary school that— 

9 ‘‘(1) promotes and implements physical activity, 

10 physical fitness, or health fitness programs; and 

11 ‘‘(2) is recognized by the President’s Council on 

12 Physical Fitness and Sports as 1 or more of the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(A) a Physical Fitness State Champion 

15 School; 

16 ‘‘(B) an Active Lifestyle Model School; or 

17 ‘‘(C) a Physical Activity and Fitness Dem18 onstration Center. 

19 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Each eligible school receiving 

20 an award under this section shall use the award funds to 

21 maintain the eligible school’s high quality physical edu22 cation programs. 

23 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

24 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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1 $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and each of the 5 suc2 ceeding fiscal years. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 5652. PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDY. 

4 ‘‘(a) STUDY.—From amounts appropriated under 

5 subsection (c), the Secretary and the Director of the Cen6 ters for Disease Control and Prevention jointly shall con7 duct a study to determine the effectiveness of school-based 

8 physical education programs in promoting health and well9 being, and in preventing obesity, in children. 

10 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—The Secretary and the Director of 

11 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention jointly 

12 shall report to Congress not later than December 31, 

13 2006, regarding the results of the study described in sub14 section (a). 

15 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

17 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2005 and 

18 2006.’’. 

19 SEC. 2. STATE REPORT CARDS. 

20 Section 1111(h)(1)(C) of the Elementary and Sec21 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)) 

22 is amended—

23 (1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

24 semicolon; 
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1 (2) in clause (viii), by striking the period and 

2 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(ix) the numbers and percentages of 

5 elementary schools, middle schools, and 

6 secondary schools in the State that provide 

7 physical education programs.’’.

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