Trump to bring back Presidential Fitness Test in schools
President Trump will host several professional athletes at the White House on Thursday, including golfer Bryson DeChambeau, for an executive order signing that will re-establish the Presidential Fitness Test.
DeChambeau, who is friendly with Trump, will chair the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, the White House confirmed.
The order will direct the council to develop school-based programs that reward achievements in physical education.
It will also re-establish the Presidential Fitness Test, which was first created in 1966 and was administered in public middle schools and high schools. The test was replaced in 2013 with the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, which emphasized living an active and healthy lifestyle.
CNN first reported on the executive order.
Other athletes expected to attend Thursday's event include Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, who previously visited the White House to meet with Trump, former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor, champion golfer Annika Sorenstam and Paul "Triple H" Levesque of the WWE.
Trump has taken an interest in multiple matters related to sports during his second term, recently reiterating his call for the Washington Commanders to change their name back to the Redskins.
Within weeks of taking office, he signed an executive order following through on a pledge to ban transgender women from competing in men’s sports.