Bill Text: NC S400 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
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-Introduced.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
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SENATE DRS15090-LE-60A* (02/21)
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Short Title: Report on Fitness Testing in Schools. |
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Senator Purcell. |
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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.
