Bill Text: TX HB2884 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to policies on the recess period in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Calendars Committee [HB2884 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2884-Comm_Sub.html
85R27940 SRS-D | |||
By: Allen | H.B. No. 2884 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2884: | |||
By: Deshotel | C.S.H.B. No. 2884 |
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relating to policies on the recess period in public schools. | ||
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) The agency shall develop and institute policies on the | ||
recess period during the school day that encourage constructive, | ||
age-appropriate outdoor playtime. The policies must include | ||
guidelines for outdoor equipment and facilities on public school | ||
campuses that maximize the effectiveness of outdoor physical | ||
activity. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |