Dive Brief:

• Minnesota Sen. Susan Kent introduced a bill Monday that would require yearly physical health assessments starting in 2017.
• Kent says the bill aims to hold Missouri schools and their PE classes accountable, since many districts are not abiding by national physical education standards.
• The bill would also require students to take at least two PE classes between ninth and 12th grade in order to graduate.

Dive Insight:

Prior to the introduction of this bill, the Missouri Department of Education released a report saying few schools were giving students the federally recommended amount of exercise each week. Kent's bill is, in many ways, an acknowledgement of these shortcomings and an attempt to remedy this.