SHB 1504 — Ensuring elementary school students receive sufficient daily recess.

What this bill does

Requires public schools, beginning with the 2024-25 school year, to provide daily recess for all students in kindergarten through grade 5, and grade 6 if the students attend an elementary school. Directs the Washington State School Directors' Association (WSSDA), with the assistance of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to revise a model policy and procedure on nutrition, health, and physical education. Requires school districts to adopt or amend their policies and procedures to incorporate the revised WSSDA model policy and procedure on nutrition, health, and physical education.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 2023
  97 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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