Bill Text: NC S400 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Report on Fitness Testing in Schools

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [S400 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-S400-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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SENATE BILL 400*

 

 

Short Title:        Report on Fitness Testing in Schools.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Purcell.
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate.

March 23, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to require the state board of education to report on the results of fitness testing in each local school ADMINISTRATIVE unit.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑12(37) reads as rewritten:

"(37)    To Adopt Guidelines for Fitness Testing. – The State Board of Education shall adopt guidelines for the development and implementation of evidence‑based fitness testing for students statewide in grades kindergarten through eight. The State Board of Education shall report annually by August 1 to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the results of the testing in each local school administrative unit."

SECTION 2.  The State Board of Education shall report on the results of fitness testing pursuant to G.S. 115C‑12(37) to the Legislative Task Force on Childhood Obesity annually by August 1 until the Task Force is terminated.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.