Overview

• President Trump signed an executive order on July 31 to bring back the test after its 2012 discontinuation under the Obama administration.
• HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will oversee the program through the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.
• Professional athletes including Bryson DeChambeau, Harrison Butker, Lawrence Taylor and Annika Sorenstam have been appointed to guide the development of new benchmarks.
• Health experts and school leaders are urging a shift from competitive performance metrics toward holistic, age-appropriate measures that foster lifelong healthy habits.
• School administrators say federal funding for awards and incentives will be critical to drive student engagement and combat a childhood obesity rate that now affects one in five children.