PRINTER'S NO. 1264
No. 71 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY E. Z. TAYLOR, COLAFELLA, SAURMAN, MERRY, CARLSON,
ROBINSON, TIGUE, BILLOW, BELFANTI, MORRIS, GIGLIOTTI,
PETRARCA, FARMER, GEIST, DeLUCA, LASHINGER, J. TAYLOR,
JOHNSON, KASUNIC, DIETTERICK, BORTNER, REBER, STABACK, BUNT,
HAGARTY, RITTER AND COLAIZZO, APRIL 10, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 10, 1989
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Urging all local educational agencies to provide regular daily
2 opportunities in physical education for students in
3 kindergarten through grade 12.
4 WHEREAS, Physical education is crucial to enhancing a growing
5 child's physical development; and
6 WHEREAS, Physical education assists in improving the general
7 health of a child by an increase in cardiovascular endurance,
8 muscular strength and power, flexibility, weight regulation,
9 better bone development, improved posture and skillful moving;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Physical education can provide sports, games and
12 other physical activities that promote self-confidence and the
13 ability to work in a group; and
14 WHEREAS, Physical education promotes an understanding of the
15 relationship between regular physical activity and health; and
16 WHEREAS, Physical education can develop desirable
17 competencies for participation in sports which are lifetime in
1 nature; and
2 WHEREAS, Children who participate in physical education on a
3 regular daily basis tend to be more healthy and physically fit;
4 therefore be it
5 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
6 urge all local educational agencies in the Commonwealth of
7 Pennsylvania to provide students in kindergarten through grade
8 12 with regular daily opportunities for physical education.
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