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In order for kids to be healthy and do better in school, more and more researchers are finding that kids need to be physically active.
To expand opportunities for physical education in schools, lawmakers have reintroduced legislation which would authorize physical education grants to schools in exchange for states adopting improved physical activity standards. The Fitness Integrated with Teaching (FIT) Kids Act was recently introduced to the house and senate by representatives Ron Kind, D-Wis., and Patrick Meehan, R-Penn., along with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
In addition to improving physical activity standards, the bill would serve to restore a 37% of funding cut sustained to the Carol M. White Physical Education Program which occurred during Fiscal Year 2015.
Read the Fit Act here. Learn more about the growing body of evidence on physical activity and academic performance from the Active Living Research (ALR) research brief.
To learn more about the importance of providing Latino children with opportunities for high quality physical education and physical activity, check out Salud America!’s Active Play resources here.
By The Numbers
84
percent
of Latino parents support public funding for afterschool programs
