Newsom plans to cancel physical education tests for students for three years over new concerns of bullying and discrimination against disabled and non-binary students. 

The move to cancel physical education tests comes as annual test results suggest California's youth is becoming obese. 

H.D. Palmer, the spokesman for the Department of Finance, told Bay Area KPIX 5 that the current measurement of body mass index (BMI) is discriminatory to some students, most notably to non-binary students, as BMI screenings require students to select "male" or "female," he said.

AP News noted that annual state physical education reports show that around the 2014/15 period, health scores of students started to decline. 

Students' scores in "aerobic capacity," which can be described in layman's terms as the one-mile run, have dropped over the years. Tests for push-ups and sit-ups have also declined.