ESSB 5257 — Ensuring elementary school students receive sufficient daily recess.

What this bill does

Requires public schools, beginning with the 2024-25 school year, to provide at least 30 minutes of daily recess for elementary school students. 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 — Final Passage as Amended by the House · March 20, 2023
  81 yea · 15 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 14, 2023
  27 yea · 18 nay · 4 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 20, 2023
  28 yea · 21 nay

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