Senate Amendment 3136


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     1  1    Amend House File 740, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 12, by inserting after line 16 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PHYSICAL
     1  6 EDUCATION REVIEW.  The department of education shall
     1  7 convene a task force including representatives of the
     1  8 Iowa association for health, physical education,
     1  9 recreation and dance; the Iowa heart association; the
     1 10 university of northern Iowa school of health, physical
     1 11 education, and leisure services; and Iowa state
     1 12 university to review the educational standards for
     1 13 physical education for grades one through twelve.  In
     1 14 reviewing these standards, the task force shall
     1 15 consider the current level of health and physical
     1 16 fitness prevalent among students, and shall develop
     1 17 recommendations for exposing students to the greatest
     1 18 variety of physical activities, to instill knowledge
     1 19 of the importance of good physical fitness to general
     1 20 health and a desire for lifelong physical activity,
     1 21 and to reduce the level of obesity in Iowa's student
     1 22 population.  The task force shall submit its findings
     1 23 and recommendations to the governor and the general
     1 24 assembly by December 31, 2005.>
     1 25 #2.  Title page 1, line 21, by inserting after the
     1 26 word <requirements,> the following:  <providing for an
     1 27 educational standards for physical education review,>.
     1 28 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 32 FRANK B. WOOD
     1 33 HF 740.203 81
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