1. Justification for Health & Physical Education
Advocacy
Justification for Health & Physical Education
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ESSA | Chapter 339

2. ESSA Every Student Succeeds Act – 2015 No Child Left Behind - 2002
ESEA – April, 1965
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Includes the subjects of Health and Physical Education in the definition of a student’s “well-rounded education”

3. ESSA
ESSA addresses the concept of the “whole child” mind and body (academic and physical)
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What other subjects deal with the “physical” other than Health and Physical Education?

4. Chapter 339 of the PA School Code
K-12 Career Planning Education ________________________________________
Technical skills a.k.a. hard skills
Soft skills: problem solve, communicate, empathy, resilience ……… healthy lifestyle
Where else will students learn the importance of and how to live a healthy lifestyle?