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Fla. schools to drop physical education requirement?

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    New bill raises eyebrows of health enthusiasts

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Right now middle school kids are required to take one semester is the year.

A new bill would drop that requirement.

Coach -- Gillis says if the bill passes a lot of kids would pass up its clients.

-- loved to be on their iPods.

They just like the computers and video games and so when you're -- a child -- -- out in 85 degree heat.

Do calisthenics or any type -- running.

That's -- not to be too attractive to them which they're accustomed to being in the role model laptop computer.

The bill would allow local school districts to decide if they want to require kids in their area to take is -- an -- runs counter to a growing trend.

I'm trying to keep kids curse from growing any bigger you've seen story after story about how many of our kids are overweight.

And all the high profile people stepping up to the plate.

Literally to fight that be my advice to you First Lady Michelle Obama has been touring the country.

Telling kids to exercise and -- right.

Here in Florida agriculture commissioner Adam Putnam is helping schools or moral -- gallery -- The author of the bill says it would give kids more time to take stem classes.

Science technology engineering and -- this is a a worldwide.

Educational.

Opportunity for of the students and we have right here Chris -- -- seems to have hit the perfect balance.

If kids want.

-- -- they can come in before sort of place -- provide sports teams in athletics.

At other schools it soon may be an either or choice.

In like and can Suarez fox thirteen news.

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