Florida Senate - 2017                                      SB 78
       
       
        
       By Senator Flores
       
       39-00067A-17                                            201778__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public school recess; amending s.
    3         1003.455, F.S.; requiring each district school board
    4         to provide students in certain grades with a minimum
    5         number of minutes of free-play recess per week and
    6         with a minimum number of consecutive minutes of free
    7         play recess per day; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (6) is added to section 1003.455,
   12  Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         1003.455 Physical education; assessment.—
   14         (6) In addition to the requirements in subsection (3), each
   15  district school board shall provide at least 100 minutes of
   16  supervised, safe, and unstructured free-play recess each week
   17  for students in kindergarten through grade 5 so that there are
   18  at least 20 consecutive minutes of free-play recess per day.
   19         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.