Outline of the state of Georgia
State
Georgia
Addressed

Category
Preventive Health Screenings in HS—BMI

Category
Preventive Health Screenings in HS—BMI

State law addresses body mass index screening or requires height AND weight measurement.

Georgia Compiled Rules & Regulations 160-4-2-.12. Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Program Plan

(e) Fitness assessment program -- annual assessment measuring and reporting health related fitness in the areas ofaerobic capacity, body composition, flexibility, muscular strength, and muscular endurance.

Policy Type
Regulation

Georgia Compiled Rules & Regulations 160-4-2-.12. Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Program Plan

(g) Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, each local school system shall conduct an annual fitness assessment program, as approved and funded by the State Board of Education, one time each school year for students in grades one through 12, to be conducted only during a physical education course that is taught by a certificated physical education teacher in which a student is enrolled. Such assessments shall include methods deemed by the State Board of Education as appropriate to as certain levels of student physical fitness. Each local school system shall report the individual results of the fitness assessment to the parent or guardian of each student assessed and the aggregate results of the fitness assessments by school to the State Board of Education annually in a format approved and funded by the State Board of Education. The minimum required contents of the report shall be determined by the State Board of Education.

Policy Type
Regulation

New Student Requirements

Site provides information on certification of eye, ear, dental and nutrition examinations on the Georgia Department of Human Resources Form 3300 for admittance to Georgia public schools.

Policy Type
Non-codified

Official Code of Georgia Annotated 20-2-777. Annual fitness assessment program; reporting and compliance

(a)

(1) Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, each local school system shall conduct an annual fitness assessment program, as approved and funded by the State Board of Education, one time each school year for students in grades one through 12, to be conducted only during a physical education course that is taught by a certificated physical education teacher in which a student is enrolled. Such assessments shall include methods deemed by the State Board of Education as appropriate to as certain levels of student physical fitness. Each local school system shall report the individual results of the fitness assessment to the parent or guardian of each student assessed and the aggregate results of the fitness assessments by school to the State Board of Education annually in a format approved and funded by the State Board of Education. The minimum required contents of the report shall be determined by the State Board of Education.

Policy Type
Statute