ACR181 - California Physical Education Week.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 181 CHAPTER 115 Relative to California Physical Education Week. [ Filed with Secretary of State June 18, 2026. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 181, Patel. California Physical Education Week. This measure would proclaim May 1, 2026, to May 7, 2026, inclusive, as California Physical Education Week. Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill Text WHEREAS, For purposes of this resolution, “physical education” includes both general physical education and adapted physical education; and WHEREAS, Physical education is an academic discipline that equips California students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to develop and maintain physical, mental, and social health throughout their lifespan; and WHEREAS, Instruction in physical education contributes to pupil learning by supporting literacy development, social-emotional learning, positive school culture, and engagement across all content areas; and WHEREAS, Physical education is an integral component of a well-rounded education in California and nationwide within the Every Student Succeeds Act, contributing to college, military, career, and vocational readiness and supporting a productive, healthy adulthood; and WHEREAS, Scientific evidence indicates that the components of physical fitness are associated with cognitive functions such as attention, memory, self-regulation, and executive functioning, which support academic engagement and learning; and WHEREAS, Substantial evidence shows that California’s children and young people are less active than ever. Physical education is an essential academic discipline to develop cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills that advance their knowledge, and contribute to their dispositions for physical activity at all stages of life; and WHEREAS, High-quality instruction in physical education and adapted physical education also makes significant contributions to state priorities, including literacy development, social-emotional learning, school culture, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and others; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims May 1, 2026, to May 7, 2026, inclusive, as California Physical Education Week to coincide with National Physical Education and Sport Week, to promote high-quality physical education instruction; and be it further Resolved, That all teachers, all school policymakers, and all school leaders be encouraged to provide the highest quality physical education instruction by credentialed physical educators in their schools for all pupils; and be it further Resolved, That California Physical Education Week in 2026 serves as an opportunity for education leaders and state policymakers to collaboratively review current instructional practices in physical education and the need for recommendations to enhance the quality of physical education instruction for all of California’s pupils; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.