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Public School Students - Daily Physical Activity (Student Health and Fitness Act)

Sponsor: Delegate WalkerCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 2/25 at 12:30 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring each public school to have a program of physical education for prekindergarten students; adding a representative to the Advisory Council on Health and Physical Education; establishing as a State goal that each student in a public elementary school be provided 150 minutes of developmentally appropriate physical activity each week; requiring the State Department of Education to collect data on the physical activity of elementary school students and publish the information on its website; etc.

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Testimony (9)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMargolis, LeslielobbyistDisability Rights MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVLondon, RachelMaryland Developmental Disabilities CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAV(MD), State of MarylandIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCeruolo, RichIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Walker, Delegate WalkerlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVKasemeyer, PamIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVmcavoy, vinceIndividualPosition only
UNFFannon, Mary PatlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAHale, LauralobbyistAmerican Heart AssociationWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMargolis, LeslieDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland
UNFFannon, Mary PatRegistered for: Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland
FWAHale, LauraAmerican Heart AssociationRegistered for: American Heart Association