Bill Text: TX HB3145 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the adoption and implementation of a recess policy by public school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-10 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3145 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3145-Introduced.html
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By: Deshotel | H.B. No. 3145 |
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relating to the adoption and implementation of a recess policy by | ||
public school districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 28.0042 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.0042. RECESS POLICY. (a) The board of trustees of | ||
each school district shall: | ||
(1) after reviewing the policy recommendations of the | ||
local school health advisory council provided under Section | ||
28.004(l), adopt a recess policy; and | ||
(2) review and, if necessary, revise the recess policy | ||
at least every five years. | ||
(b) The recess policy must specify: | ||
(1) the required number of minutes of weekly | ||
unstructured playtime; and | ||
(2) whether a student's recess time may be withheld as | ||
a form of student discipline. | ||
(c) Each school district campus subject to the district | ||
recess policy adopted under Subsection (a) shall implement the | ||
recess policy. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than May 1, 2018, the board of | ||
trustees of each school district shall adopt a recess policy as | ||
required by Section 28.0042, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
(b) Not later than the beginning of the 2018-2019 school | ||
year, each school district campus subject to a school district | ||
recess policy adopted under Section 28.0042, Education Code, as | ||
added by this Act, shall implement the adopted policy. | ||
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, 2017. |