Kentucky House Bill 565 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-05 - to Education (H)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to add declaration by the General Assembly of a goal to increase time for physical activity in K-5 schools by November 1, 2014; require the Kentucky Department of Education to identify model programs, provide resources and assessment tools, and develop a checklist for reporting activity data; encourage physical activity plans in schools containing grades 6 through 8; report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare by November 1, 2013, and annually thereafter on the types of physical activity being provided in K-5 schools; establish the Healthy Kids trust fund to provide grants to schools to implement wellness programs; establish a review panel to determine grant recipients; and cite the Act as the Kentucky Healthy Kids Act of 2012.

AN ACT relating to the health and wellness of children.

Rep. Mary Marzian [D]

Rep. Ben Waide [R]

Rep. Addia Wuchner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-05		to Education (H)
2012-03-01		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB565.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB565/bill.doc