SALEM, OR 2005-07-11 - Health and fitness advocates joined Nike Monday in lobbying the Oregon House to pass a bill that would mandate physical education standards in schools.
Under the bill, schools would be required to provide 150 minutes of PE per week for elementary school students and 225 minutes for middle schoolers by 2017.
Dr. Minot Cleveland says PE mandates are critical in Oregon, where 23% of 8th graders are overweight.
Minot Cleveland: We cannot doctor ourselves out of the obesity epidemic. We must move upstream, be serious about health promotion and prevention and physical education is preventive medicine that's best.
Nike would be involved in implementing the policy if it became law. It's not clear what the company's role would be, but in the past, Nike has provided training, curriculum and sports equipment for schools.
The bill has passed the Senate, but no action has been taken yet in the House.
By Adrienne Wilson, OPB
1 comment:
Its not mandatory already?!
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