US EditionMississippi Schools to Implement Presidential Fitness Test
Governor Tate Reeves cites 25% obesity and 40% inactivity among high school students to justify reinstating the fitness test to improve health and readiness.
- On Thursday, Governor Tate Reeves signed Executive Order 1589 reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test for elementary, middle and high school students starting in the 2026-2027 academic year.
- `Crisis levels`, the executive order says, citing 25 percent of Mississippi high school students as obese and 40 percent inactive for one hour daily, the Mississippi Department of Health reports.
- Reeves ordered Dr. Daniel Edney to propose evidence-based strategies and Dr. Lance Evans to submit a plan to restore the fitness test by June 30, 2026, coordinating with the Trump Administration.
- The order links childhood obesity and chronic disease to weakening the economy, military readiness, academic performance and national morale, and Reeves said Mississippi will do its part to build a healthier America.
- On July 31, 2025 President Donald Trump reinstituted the Presidential Fitness Test, a program dating to the late 1950s used in schools until 2013.
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Mississippi schools to implement Presidential Fitness Test
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) issued an executive order to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test for elementary, middle and high school students across Mississippi. This comes after President Donald Trump issued an executive order that reestablished the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition and reinstituted the Presidential Fitness Test. What is the Presidential Fitness Test? “Students across the…
Reeves signs order to reestablish Presidential Fitness Test in Mississippi schools
Gov. Tate Reeves has signed an executive order to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools across Mississippi. The move by the state’s top elected official follows a July order issued by President Donald Trump to bring back the Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition and push for establishing a nationwide set of physical exercises to boost the health of young people. The Presidential Fitness Test began in 1966 but was discon…
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