GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 334

Second Edition Engrossed 3/23/11

Short Title:        Report on Fitness Testing in Schools.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Insko, Bell, Harrison, and LaRoque (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.
Referred to:	Education.

March 14, 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 present annually by September 15 to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, the report prepared by the North Carolina Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance on the fitness testing conducted during the prior school year in each 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 September 15 until the Task Force is terminated.

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