(1) 
SUBMISSION; 
INFORMATION
AVAIL-
ABILITY.—Not later than 15 days after a local edu-
cational agency described in subsection (a) posts on 
its Internet website the information described in 
subsection (a)(1)(E), and annually thereafter, the 
local educational agency shall provide to the applica-
ble State educational agency the information de-
scribed in such subsection. 
(2) ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF THE STATE EDU-
CATIONAL
AGENCY.—A State educational agency 
that receives information under paragraph (1) shall 
ensure that the information is made available to the 
general public within a reasonable period of time, 
such as through the Internet website of the State 
educational agency. 
SEC. 4. STUDIES ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FITNESS. 
(a) NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY.—Subject 
to the availability of funds appropriated to carry out this 
subsection, the Secretary of Education shall enter into a 
contract with the National Research Council of the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences to— 
(1) examine and make recommendations re-
garding— 
(A) various means that may be employed 
to incorporate physical activity into elementary
school and secondary school settings, and 
before- and after-school programs; 
(B) innovative and effective ways to in-
crease physical activity for all students in kin-
dergarten through grade 12; and 
(C) efforts to encourage the participation 
of students with disabilities in physical edu-
cation programs and the types of accommoda-
tions used to increase the participation of such 
students; 
(2) study the impact of health, level of physical 
activity, and amount of physical education on stu-
dents’ ability to learn and maximize performance in 
school; and 
(3) study and provide specific recommendations 
for effectively measuring the progress students, at 
the elementary school and secondary school level, in 
increasing physical activity and improving their 
health and well-being, including improving their— 
(A) knowledge, awareness, and behavior, 
related to nutrition and physical activity; 
(B) cognitive development, and fitness, 
with physical education; 
(C) knowledge of lifetime physical activity 
and health promotion; and
(D) performance on overall health indica-
tors, including flexibility, endurance, strength, 
balance, and blood pressure. 
(b) NATIONAL FITNESS STUDY.—Subject to the 
availability of funds to carry out this subsection, the Sec-
retary of Education shall conduct a study on the participa-
tion of students in physical education and other physical 
activities in public elementary schools and public sec-
ondary schools that— 
(1) examines student participation in exercise 
(including sports and active games), including the 
types, frequency, duration, and seasonality of exer-
cise participation, through— 
(A) school physical education classes; 
(B) other school programs; and 
(C) intramural activities; and 
(2) assesses student physical activity and fit-
ness levels. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section for fiscal year 2011. 
SEC. 5. DISSEMINATION OF BEST PRACTICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Edu-
cation shall identify and make available to State edu-
cational agencies and local educational agencies, best prac-
tices on innovative physical education and physical activity 
policies and programs at the State and local level, includ-
ing best practices that— 
(1) identify and address common challenges to 
States and local educational agencies in imple-
menting physical education and physical activity 
policies and programs, including barriers for meeting 
national recommendations for physical education and 
physical activity in schools, as established by the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the 
Department of Health and Human Services; and 
(2) meet or are working toward meeting the na-
tional recommendations for physical education and 
physical activity in schools, as established by the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the 
Department of Health and Human Services. 
(b) UPDATING BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary 
shall update the best practices described in subsection (a) 
after completion of the study carried out under section 
4(a). 
SEC. 6. PROMOTING THE HEALTHIERUS SCHOOL CHAL-
LENGE. 
The Secretary of Education, in collaboration with the 
Secretary of Agriculture, shall encourage schools to par-
ticipate in the HealthierUS School Challenge of the Food 
and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
Except as otherwise provided, any term used in this 
Act that is defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) shall 
have the meaning given the term in such section. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 21, 2010. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1585 
AN ACT 
To increase awareness of physical activity 
opportunities at school, and for other purposes.