Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-96

EDU 96

Improving Overall Student Performance and Opportunity #3 - Recess

Messrs. Rush and McGee, Ms. Gobi, Mr. O'Connor, Ms. O'Connor Ives, Ms. Lovely, Messrs. Fattman, Montigny and Timilty moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section __, the following new section:-

SECTION __. Section 1G of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraph:-

All children in grades kindergarten through five attending public schools shall receive one hundred minutes of supervised, safe, and unstructured free-play recess each week so that there are at least twenty consecutive minutes of free-play recess per day. As used herein, the term "free play" means an unstructured environment, but which is supervised by appropriate school personnel or staff. Regulations promulgated by the department may not exclude recess from structured learning time requirements for elementary school children and may not increase the total number of hours required in the school year to meet the provisions of this subsection.