NCLS Report: Four States Enact Policies to Promote Shared Use in 2011

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State legislators can promote physical activity by developing policies to encourage school districts to keep their facilities open to the community, during non-school hours. The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)–a bi-partisan organization that provides legislators with research and technical information about the most pressing state issues–convened to discuss the use of such policies, known as shared use agreements, to address the issue of childhood obesity.

According to the NCSL, in 2011 four states–Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and Tennessee–enacted legislation to encourage shared use agreements in their states. In 2012, the states of California, New Mexico, New York, and Pennsylvania left similar legislation pending.

Learn more from the NCSL about the 2011 shared use legislation that was enacted in four states.