New York S 6249: Requires a period of unstructured physical play for pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades one through five

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S06249 Summary:

BILL NOS06249 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRASHBY, RYAN C, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, TEDISCO

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §813-a, Ed L

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Requires a period of unstructured physical play for pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades one through five.

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BILL NOS06249 

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03/07/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6249

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, C. RYAN, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa-
 tion

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring a period of
 unstructured physical play for pupils enrolled in kindergarten and
 grades one through five

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 813-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 813-a. School recess period; Scheduling. 1. As used in this section
 4 the term "recess" means a regularly scheduled, supervised, period in the
 5 school day for pupils to engage in unstructured physical activity held
 6 outside if reasonable.
 7 2. Every day of the school year, each elementary school shall either:
 8 (a) schedule a reasonable time of no less than thirty minutes for each
 9 full day pupil attending kindergarten through grade five to participate
 10 in recess; or
 11 (b) schedule two reasonable times of no less than fifteen minutes each
 12 for each full day pupil attending kindergarten through grade five to
 13 participate in recess.
 14 (c) such time shall not also be used as a scheduled time to consume
 15 lunch as required by section eight hundred thirteen of this article or
 16 as a scheduled time for physical education as outlined by section eight
 17 hundred three of this article.
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 19 become a law and shall apply to school years commencing on and after the
 20 first of July next succeeding such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09199-01-5

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