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Table of Contents

California Codes and Regulations

• ED Code
• Title V Regulations 
• SB 601
• SB 78

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Advocating for Physical Education as a Core Subject in ESEA

• Educating the Student Body:Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School (Institute of Medicine)
• Brief Report
• Recommendations

NASPE Advocacy Toolkit

• Class Length Elementary Physical Education
• Physical Education is Critical to a Complete Education
• What Constitutes a Quality Physical Education Program?
• Physical Activity vs. Physical Education
• School Physical Education Program Checklist
• Why Do Children Need Physical Education?
• Opposing Substitution and Waiver/Exemptions For Required Physical Education
• Physical Education is an Academic Subject
• Physical Activity Used as Punishment and/or Behavior Management

NASPE Appropriate Practices

• Children Ages 3 – 5 Appropriate Practices
• Elementary Appropriate Practices
• Middle School Appropriate Practices
• High School Appropriate Practices

Policy Examples

• HUSD Strategic Plan
• LAUSD Exemptions
• LAUSD Medical Exemptions
• LAUSD Summer School
• LAUSD Class Size
• LAUSD Policy Bulletin

Parent Resources

• Physical Activity vs. Physical Education
• Why Do Children Need Physical Education?
• Quality Physical Education
  
• A Guide to Engaging Parents in Local School Wellness Policy
  

Resources

• Social Science, Equal Justice & Public Health Policy: Lessons from Los Angeles
• Active Education: Physical Activity, Physical Education, & Academic Performance
• Promoting Physical Activity in K-12 Schools
• Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in School Reforms to Close the Achievement Gap
• Failing Fitness: Physical Activity and Physical Education in Schools
• Physical Education Matters
• Physical Education Research for Kids (PERK) Report
• PERK Executive Summary
• Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention: A Framework to Inform Decision Making
• Maximizing Opportunities for Physical Activity during the School Day
• Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity in Physical Education to Improve Health & Academic Outcomes
• Obesity Prevention Policies for Middle and High Schools: Are We Doing Enough?
• Overweight and Obesity Among African-American Youths
• Active Bodies, Active Minds: Physical Activity and Academic Achievement
• Shape of the Nation Report 2010
• The Association Between School-Based Physical Activity, Including Physical Education, and Academic Performance
• Why We Should Not Cut Physical Education
• Adolescent Physical Education and Physical Activity in California

Assessing Physical Education Programs

• Elementary School Health Index
• Middle and High School Health Index
• School Physical Education Program Checklist (NASPE)

CSBA Documents

• Physical Activity and Physical Education in California Schools

CDE Documents

• A Study of the Relationship Between Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement in California Using 2004 Test Results
• O'Connell Letter Original
• O'Connell Letter Highlighted

Credentialing

• Advisory on Teacher Assignment Option Highlighted
• The Administrator's Assignment Manual
• Credentials and Authorizations to Teach Physical Education

Alternatives to Physical Education Course Credit Substitution

• LAUSD Auxiliary Group Solutions
• High School Elective Credit Availability
• Suggestions to Avoid Physical Education Course Credit Substitution

Sample Presentations

• Physical Education/PA Advocacy
• Exercise as Medicine (Kaiser Permanente & Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports)
• Not Your Mamas Physical Education
• Kids Perform Better Academically 
• Policy Recommendations for Physical Education & Physical Activity in California Public Schools
• The Role of Schools in Promoting Physical Activity
• Understanding FITNESSGRAM® & New Healthy Fitness Zone® Tables for 2011

Please send requests for additions to the Physical Education Advocacy Toolkit to the Administration/Supervision Section of CAHPERD:
Craig McKinley cmckinley@acoe.org.

• Submit resources in an email attachment with the source/organization clearly identified.
• Submissions may include published documents or personally created materials which may include PowerPoint Presentations, newsletters, media releases, etc.
• All resources will be reviewed by members of the Administration/Supervision Section to determine appropriateness for posting.
• The CAHPERD Office will only post section-approved documents.