REFERENCE TITLE: schools; mandatory daily recess

State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010

HB 2408

Introduced by Representatives Antenori, Farley, Fleming, Gowan, Heinz, Sinema: Ableser, Goodale, Jones, Patterson, Stevens, Weiers JP

 

AN ACT

 

AMENDING TITLE 15, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING

SECTION 15-108; RELATING TO SCHOOL CURRICULUM.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-108, to read:

START_STATUTE15-108.  Minimum recess and physical education time

A.  Beginning in the 2010-2011 school year, each school district and charter school shall provide at least thirty total minutes of recess each day for pupils in kindergarten programs and grades one through five, in increments of ten, fifteen or thirty minutes each day.

B.  The recess requirements prescribed in subsection A shall be implemented by classroom teachers and shall consist of structured physical activity outside or inside the classroom.

C.  Physical education classes may be used to satisfy the recess requirement prescribed in subsection a.

D.  Unstructured recess time that occurs immediately after lunch periods does not satisfy the recess requirement prescribed in subsection A.  END_STATUTE