Vote provides money for PE

A budget subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday that starts the ball rolling toward mandatory physical education classes for elementary and middle school students.The Ways and Means Subcommittee on General Government voted 6-2 for House Bill 3141, which would provide $1 million to launch the mandatory PE program: 2 1/2 hours a week in elementary school and 3 1/2 hours in middle school. School districts would not have to comply until 2017.

 – The Oregonian, June 21, 2007

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