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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3491 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 480
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul K. Frost
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act providing for mandatory recess time in elementary schools.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/20/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3491 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 480
By Representative Frost of Auburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 480) of Paul K.
Frost relative to mandatory recess time in elementary schools. Education.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 590 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act providing for mandatory recess time in elementary schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 4A, as
2appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, the following section:-
3 Section 4B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no public
4elementary school shall decrease the amount of time it allots and provides to students as recess
5time designed to allow students to participate in physical and social activities as a result of any
6changes in standards or curriculum that the school is required to or chooses to adopt. For
7purposes of this section, “elementary school” shall mean a school providing instruction to grades
81 through 5, and, where so designated by a school committee prior to the commencement of a
9school year, may also include a middle school or other intermediate level school providing
10instruction to grades 5 through 6 or any combination thereof.