Thought this was interesting from Half Empty of Houston. He looked at SB530, authored by Jane Nelson of Flower Mound, and, while no one could complain about the benefits of exercise for kids, why is there an UNFUNDED tool required to measure the new fitness levels? And how convenient that one prominent vendor, whose software will probably be used, happens to be a big contributor to Nelson.

There it is,

"We need a better understanding of why so many of our students are struggling with basic health," Nelson said in February when she announced the filing of the bill. "Our health is fundamental. That's a lesson our students need to learn."

The bill was written with the help of Cooper, who approached Nelson and Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, with the idea....

The wording in the bill that describes the required testing tool mirrors language on the Web site for Cooper's FitnessGram, developed in 1982 to measure health and fitness levels of children. Since then, it has been used to test more than 8 million students nationwide.