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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Risk factors for cardiovascular disease including | ||||||
3 | high cholesterol and high blood pressure increase for obese | ||||||
4 | youth; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Children and adolescents who are obese are more | ||||||
6 | likely to be obese as adults and therefore more likely to | ||||||
7 | suffer from cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer; | ||||||
8 | and
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9 | WHEREAS, Children and adolescents who participate in | ||||||
10 | physical activity and healthy lifestyle habits can lower their | ||||||
11 | risk for cardiovascular diseases and certain types of cancer; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, Schools play an important role in helping children | ||||||
14 | and adolescents to develop and maintain healthy lifestyle | ||||||
15 | habits through recess opportunities and physical education | ||||||
16 | classes; and | ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, Research indicates that physical activity can | ||||||
18 | improve concentration, classroom behavior, and memory; and
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19 | WHEREAS, First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama has | ||||||
20 | committed to lowering childhood obesity and increasing |
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1 | physical activity for children and adolescents through her | ||||||
2 | Healthier US Schools Challenge (HUSSC); and
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3 | WHEREAS, First Lady Michelle Obama's HUSSC program | ||||||
4 | recommends a Gold standard of at least 90 minutes of physical | ||||||
5 | activity per week for middle school age children; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, Chicago School District 299 educates more than | ||||||
7 | 400,000 students per year; and
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8 | WHEREAS, District 299 has indicated its mission to empower | ||||||
9 | all students to engage in regular lifelong physical activity as | ||||||
10 | a foundation for academic achievement, leading to a healthy and | ||||||
11 | successful life; and
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12 | WHEREAS, District 299 has demonstrated its commitment to | ||||||
13 | increasing physical activity and healthy lifestyle habits in | ||||||
14 | children and adolescents by constructing a 3-year plan to | ||||||
15 | increase the quality and quantity of physical education, with | ||||||
16 | input from teachers, principals, students, parents, higher | ||||||
17 | education, and external partners; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, District 299 plans to increase the quality of | ||||||
19 | physical education by implementing health-optimizing physical | ||||||
20 | education; and
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1 | WHEREAS, District 299 has further committed to increase the | ||||||
2 | quantity of physical education by doubling the amount of | ||||||
3 | physical education elementary students receive, from an | ||||||
4 | average of 50 minutes per week to 90 minutes per week, and | ||||||
5 | requiring daily physical education for all 4 years of high | ||||||
6 | school, starting in the 2014-2015 school year; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
8 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
9 | we congratulate the staff, faculty, and administration of | ||||||
10 | Chicago School District 299 on its efforts and support its | ||||||
11 | mission to increase the quantity and quality of physical | ||||||
12 | education for the students of Chicago Public Schools; and be it | ||||||
13 | further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to Chicago School District 299 as a symbol of our | ||||||
16 | esteem and respect.
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