BILL ANALYSIS �
AB 200
Page 1
CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 200 (Hayashi)
As Amended August 16, 2011
Majority vote
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|ASSEMBLY: |57-18|(May 23, 2011) |SENATE: |35-0 |(August 31, |
| | | | | |2011) |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Original Committee Reference: ED.
SUMMARY : Requires the State Board of Education (SBE), to
establish the Health and Fitness Award Program (Award Program)
to provide an award to one school in each legislative district
that conducts their physical education courses pursuant to the
model content standards and demonstrates that increasing numbers
of pupils meet minimum standards on the physical performance
test.
The Senate amendments :
1)Delete the requirement that the Legislature, to the extent
funds are available, recognize the identified schools.
2)Specify that the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI)
shall recommend and the SBE may adopt, additional criteria by
which schools may become eligible to receive recognition under
the Award Program.
3)Require the SBE to establish the Award Program once the
Department of Finance certifies to the SPI that private
donations received by the state are sufficient to implement
the program and specify that the state board shall suspend the
program if the SPI notifies the state board that the amount of
private donations is insufficient to complete or continue
program implementation.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill was substantially similar
to the version passed by the Senate.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS : The state's physical fitness test, the FitnessGram,
AB 200
Page 2
is administered to students in grades five, seven and nine
annually. It uses objective criteria and standards to evaluate
fitness performance and is designed to test six key fitness
areas that represent three broad components of fitness: aerobic
capacity; body composition and muscle strength; and, endurance
and flexibility.
According to California Department of Education, a total of
1,380,000 students enrolled in grades five, seven, and nine were
administered the California Physical Fitness Test (PFT) in 2009.
In 2009, 29% of students in fifth grade achieved the fitness
standards in all six areas, while 34% of students in seventh
grade achieved the fitness standards in all six areas and nearly
38% of students in ninth grade achieved the same standards.
This means that, on average, more than 65% of public school
students did not meet the state fitness standards in all six
fitness areas.
According to the author, this bill is modeled after the
Governor's Performance Award (GPA) program. The GPA program was
established in 1999 and required the SBE to establish a program
to provide monetary and non-monetary awards to schools that met
or exceeded Academic Performance Index (API) growth targets in
math and English. The GPA program was established as part of
the Public School Performance and Accountability Program which
created the state API, the Immediate
Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program (II/USP), and a
Governor's High Achieving/Improving Schools Program.
According to the author, only 30% of children and 15% of teens
get the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity every day.
This deficiency appears to be the result of numerous factors,
including inadequate monitoring of physical education programs,
lack of consistency across program, and disparities among
schools. Adequate physical activity is not only essential for a
child's health, but it is also critical for the child's ability
to learn. Compared to less active children, physically active
children perform better academically, have better classroom
behavior and attendance, have better psychological well-being,
make fewer risky choices, and are at a decreased risk for a host
of chronic conditions, including diabetes and obesity.
Previous legislation. AB 2072 (Hayashi) of 2008, which was held
on the Senate Appropriations Committee Suspense file, was
substantially similar to the introduced version of this bill.
AB 200
Page 3
AB 2072 established the Physical Education Award (PEA)
Program for the purposes of recognizing schools that conduct
physical education courses pursuant to model content standards
and demonstrate that an increasing numbers of pupils pass
specified minimum standards.
AB 2812 (Umberg) of 2006, which failed passage in the Assembly,
would have established the Excellence in Physical Education Act
of 2006, which required the SBE to establish a PEA Program to
provide monetary and non-monetary awards to schools that conduct
their physical education courses pursuant to the model content
standards and demonstrate that increasing numbers of pupils
enrolled in that school meet minimum standards on the physical
performance test. AB 2812 would have also given monetary
incentives to II/USP schools and budget flexibility to schools
in the High Priority Schools Grant Program.
Analysis Prepared by : Chelsea Kelley / ED. / (916) 319-2087
FN: 0001992