Florida SB 1518: Recess Requirements for Middle School Students

Bill Text

1518 
Recess Requirements for Middle School Students 
2026-01-08T11:49:40Z 
Requiring district school boards to provide a specified amount of free-play recess each week to students in grades 6 through 8, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1518 

 By Senator Arrington 

 25-01282-26 20261518__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to recess requirements for middle 
 3 school students; amending s. 1003.455, F.S.; requiring 
 4 district school boards to provide a specified amount 
 5 of free-play recess each week to students in grades 6 
 6 through 8; providing an effective date. 
 7 
 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 10 Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 1003.455, Florida 
 11 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 12 1003.455 Physical education; assessment.— 
 13 (6) In addition to the requirements in subsection (3), each 
 14 district school board shall provide at least 100 minutes of 
 15 supervised, safe, and unstructured free-play recess each week 
 16 for students in kindergarten through grade 8 5 so that there are 
 17 at least 20 consecutive minutes of free-play recess per day. 
 18 This requirement does not apply to charter schools. 
 19 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.