State Laws on School Physical Activity Lack Monitoring and Funding

//
Article Summary

State Laws on School Physical Activity Lack Monitoring and Funding

February 2013
Author:
Jordan Carlson, PhD, University of California, San Diego
Topic:
Schools, School Policies, Physical Education
Population Served:
School-age Youth (K-12)
Location by State:
National
DOWNLOAD (0.07 MB)
Summary:

The Challenge: Children are often inactive for large portions of Physical Education (PE) and children need to accrue physical activity outside of PE to meet physical activity guidelines.

Make an impact: State laws covering school physical activity have the potential to increase student activity.

What the findings are about: This study assessed state laws for their strength and specificity and interviewed state Department of Education staff to gauge monitoring and implementation of school physical activity laws.

Key Findings and Recommendations:
  • Although several states had adopted laws over the past decade that adhere to national school physical activity recommendations, none provided monitoring, accountability or funding for these laws.
  • The level of implementation of these laws was generally unknown by lead staff at state education departments, and monitoring strategies were nonexistent or insufficient.

 

Read the full article abstract: State Policies About Physical Activity Minutes in Physical Education or During School

Suggested Citations:
Carlson, J.A., Sallis, J.F., Chriqui, J.F., Schneider, L., McDermid, L.C., Agron, P. (2013). State Policies About Physical Activity Minutes in Physical Education or During School. Journal of School Health, 83(3), 150-156.
 

STAY UP TO DATE

SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER
To prevent automated spam submissions leave this field empty.

RECENTLY ADDED TOOLS & RESOURCES
Open Streets: Trends and Opportunities
Research Briefs & Syntheses
Contributing to helping to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Truly shifting...
Research Papers
A Northern European perspective on creating more activity friendly cities
Research Papers

more tools & resources
Annual Conference 2021

We are pleased to announce an exciting new alliance between Active Living Research and GP RED to co-host and coordinate...

more info

MOVE! A BLOG ABOUT ACTIVE LIVING
New Name – Same Great Conference!

The "Active Living Conference" aims to break down research and practice silos and...

August 14, 2018
Event

more MOVE!