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As committee work on No Child Left Behind reauthorization approaches, U.S. Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI), Zach Wamp (R-TN), and Jay Inslee (D-WA) joined the American Heart Association, educators, and kids to urge the Education and Labor Committee to make physical education a priority in the bill by holding schools accountable for moving toward a national goal for physical education.
Reps. Kind, Wamp, and Inslee recently introduced the �Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids (FIT Kids) Act� (H.R. 3257) that would combat childhood obesity by modifying No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) to strengthen physical education programs throughout the country.
�This bill gets to the simple truth: in order to develop healthy minds, you need healthy bodies,� said Rep. Ron Kind who is a member of the Congressional Fitness Caucus.
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