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The Classification of Laws Associated with School Students (CLASS) protects the well-being of students by monitoring, classifying, and evaluating physical education and nutrition policies across the United States.
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Research Policy Areas

CLASS is comprised of a mix of statutory laws passed by state legislatures and administrative laws enforced by state administrative agencies. These policies aim to improve the health of students and the conditions in which they learn by focusing on physical education and nutrition. Because CLASS monitors, classifies, and evaluates these policies, researchers, policymakers, and the educational community have access to trusted data with which they can examine the relationship between the policies and student behavioral and school environment outcomes, state by state.

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State Profiles

Compare how each state has scored, policy by policy, with our library of state profiles. Get customized state reports and charts depicting CLASS codified law scores across all grade levels for each policy area, along with national average comparisons. Also, download full data sets for each state or selected policy.

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