Youngkin revives Presidential Fitness Test in Virginia schools

Driving the news: Youngkin's executive order, signed on Election Day, aligns with national efforts by President Trump to restore the fitness test phased out by the Obama administration in 2012.

• His order directs the Virginia Department of Education to reestablish the program and have schools adopt it by next fall.
• It also creates a task force that will report on whether — and how —school districts added the test.
• Youngkin says the goal is to help students "build a baseline for long-term health and wellness."

Fun fact: President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the test in 1956 out of panic over American children being less fit than European kids.

• One of its early iterations was akin to a military training exercise, reports Axios' April Rubin.

What we're watching: Youngkin's latest executive order is happening as Virginia Democrats retake political control of the state, and Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger has the power to rescind it upon taking office.

• Spanberger's campaign didn't immediately respond to Axios' request on whether she would.