Bill Text: TX HB455 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to policies on the recess period in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB455 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB455-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to policies on the recess period in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB455 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB455-Introduced.html
86R2272 SRS-F | ||
By: Allen | H.B. No. 455 |
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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 model policies on the recess | ||
period during the school day that encourage constructive, | ||
age-appropriate outdoor playtime. The model policies must include | ||
guidelines for outdoor equipment and facilities on public school | ||
campuses that maximize the effectiveness of outdoor physical | ||
activity. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 model recess policies | ||
developed under Section 28.002(l-4) and the policy recommendations | ||
of the local school health advisory council provided under Section | ||
28.004(l), adopt a recess policy based on those model policies and | ||
recommendations; 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 3. (a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
Education Agency shall develop model recess policies as required by | ||
Section 28.002(l-4), Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
(b) Not later than May 1, 2020, 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. | ||
(c) Not later than the beginning of the 2020-2021 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 4. 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. |