86R2242 SRS-D
By: Cortez H.B. No. 340
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a minimum school recess period for certain public
school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (l-4) to read as follows:
(l-4) A school district shall require a student enrolled in
full-day prekindergarten, in kindergarten, or in a grade level
below grade three to participate in an unstructured daily recess
period of at least 30 minutes. The recess period required by this
subsection is in addition to any period of moderate or vigorous
physical activity required under Subsection (l).
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.