Schools; requiring certain schools to provide students in certain grades with certain amount of recess per day. Effective date. Emergency.

Summary

The bill mandates that full‑day kindergarten through fifth‑grade students receive at least 40 minutes of supervised, unstructured recess each school day, which may be split into two 20‑minute periods. Recess time cannot be counted toward the weekly physical‑education requirement and cannot be withheld as a form of discipline. The requirement is tied to school accreditation and takes effect July 1, 2026.

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