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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM -- FREE PLAY RECESS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Carson, Amore, Serpa, and Filippi | |
Date Introduced: February 12, 2016 | |
Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Findings. - The General Assembly finds as follows: |
2 | (1) Free play time increasing learning outcomes for students; and |
3 | (2) The department of elementary and secondary education aspires to offer our children |
4 | the opportunities to participate in recess; and |
5 | (3) The legislature recognizes recess as a right for our youngest learners. |
6 | SECTION 2. Chapter 16-22 of the General Laws entitled "Curriculum [See Title 16 |
7 | Chapter 97 - The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby amended by adding thereto |
8 | the following section: |
9 | 16-22-4.2. Free play recess. -- All children in grades kindergarten through five (5) |
10 | attending public schools, or any other schools managed and controlled by the state, shall receive |
11 | in those schools one hundred (100) minutes of supervised, safe, and unstructured free-play recess |
12 | each week so that there are at least twenty (20) consecutive minutes of free-play recess per day. |
13 | Free-play recess may not be withheld for academic or punitive reasons, and is in addition to the |
14 | requirements set forth in ยง16-22-4. As used herein, the term "free play" means an unstructured |
15 | environment, but which is supervised by appropriate school personnel or staff. |
16 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM -- FREE PLAY RECESS | |
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1 | This at would require public schools to provide students in grades kindergarten through |
2 | five (5) with at least twenty (20) minutes of free-play recess each school day. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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