Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	86R30207 SRS-F
2		-	By: Watson, et al. S.B. No. 364
3		-	(Allen, Cortez, Beckley, Bowers, Talarico)
4		-	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 364: No.
	1	+	By: Watson, Menéndez S.B. No. 364
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6	3
7	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	5		AN ACT
9	6		relating to policies on the recess period in public schools.
10	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11		-	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
	8	+	SECTION 1. Section 28.004(l), Education Code, is amended to
	9	+	read as follows:
	10	+	(l) The local school health advisory council shall consider
	11	+	and make policy recommendations to the district concerning the
	12	+	importance of daily recess for elementary school students. The
	13	+	council must consider research regarding unstructured and
	14	+	undirected play, academic and social development, and the health
	15	+	benefits of daily recess and the model recess policies developed by
	16	+	the Department of State Health Services School Health Advisory
	17	+	Committee under Section 28.0047, in making the recommendations.
	18	+	The council shall ensure that local community values are reflected
	19	+	in any policy recommendation made to the district under this
	20	+	subsection.
	21	+	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
12	22		amended by adding Sections 28.0047 and 28.0048 to read as follows:
13	23		Sec. 28.0047. MODEL RECESS POLICIES. The Department of
14	24		State Health Services School Health Advisory Committee established
15	25		under Section 1001.0711, Health and Safety Code, shall develop
16		-	model policies for the recess period during the school day that
17		-	encourage constructive, age-appropriate outdoor playtime. The
18		-	model policies must include guidelines for outdoor equipment and
19		-	facilities on public school campuses that maximize the
20		-	effectiveness of outdoor physical activity.
	26	+	model policies for the recess period during the school day. The
	27	+	model policies must include guidelines for:
	28	+	(1) the number of minutes of weekly unstructured
	29	+	playtime; and
	30	+	(2) whether a student's recess time may be withheld as
	31	+	a form of student discipline.
21	32		Sec. 28.0048. RECESS POLICY. (a) The board of trustees of
22	33		each school district shall:
23	34		(1) after reviewing the model recess policies
24	35		developed under Section 28.0047 and the policy recommendations of
25	36		the local school health advisory council provided under Section
26		-	28.004(l), adopt a recess policy based on those model policies and
27		-	recommendations; and
	37	+	28.004(l), adopt a recess policy; and
28	38		(2) review and, if necessary, revise the recess policy
29	39		at least every five years.
30	40		(b) The recess policy must specify:
31	41		(1) the required number of minutes of weekly
32	42		unstructured playtime; and
33	43		(2) whether a student's recess time may be withheld as
34	44		a form of student discipline.
35	45		(c) Each school district campus subject to the district
36	46		recess policy adopted under Subsection (a) shall implement the
37	47		recess policy.
38		-	SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the
	48	+	SECTION 3. (a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the
39	49		Department of State Health Services School Health Advisory
40	50		Committee shall develop model recess policies as required by
41	51		Section 28.0047, Education Code, as added by this Act.
42	52		(b) Not later than May 1, 2020, the board of trustees of each
43	53		school district shall adopt a recess policy as required by Section
44	54		28.0048, Education Code, as added by this Act.
45	55		(c) Not later than the beginning of the 2020-2021 school
46	56		year, each school district campus subject to a school district
47	57		recess policy adopted under Section 28.0048, Education Code, as
48	58		added by this Act, shall implement the adopted policy.
49		-	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	59	+	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
50	60		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
51	61		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
52	62		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
53	63		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.