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Many school districts now have to decide whether physical education is important enough to fund or to cut, due to low or insufficient budgets. When school boards are faced with having to make a decision concerning low budgets, most of the time they end up cutting physical education programs. Physical education is very important in the development of children, and should be funded appropriately. Many school boards should take a second look and notice how much of an impact physical education can have on children, not only physically but mentally as well. Physical education is now becoming more important then ever before. According to the U.S. Surgeons General, David Satcher, “Only about one-half of U.S. children get regular exercise, and one-fourth don’t take part in physical activity at all” (Worsnop). The table below shows the percentages of children that do not get daily physical activity. This data was taken from the International Life Sciences Institute by Louis Harris and Associates. Table 1: “Not Getting Daily Exercise” We need physical education so the generations of today and in the future can have regular daily physical activity. Nowadays, there is an obesity epidemic that is sweepin