Hawaii Bill: HB 2303

Bill Summary

HB 2303 requires the Hawaii Board of Education to update statewide physical education content and performance standards for all grades K–12 to fully reinstate the Presidential Fitness Test as the state’s PE assessment framework. The updated standards must align with federal executive‑order requirements on physical activity, be in place by the 2028–29 school year, and are intended to support stronger student fitness in response to rising sedentary lifestyles and chronic disease risk.

Why It Matters to the Make America Healthy Again Movement

The MAHA Movement supports this bill because it operationalizes the nationally reinstated Presidential Fitness Test in Hawaii schools, creating a clear, measurable standard for student physical fitness consistent with MAHA’s focus on movement as a core health metric. By embedding the test in K–12 PE standards statewide, HB 2303 helps shift schools toward tracking and improving real fitness outcomes, not just seat time, aligning with MAHA’s push to make daily activity and strength central to youth health policy.