Oklahoma Senate Advances Measure to Double Elementary Recess Time

Oklahoma Senate advances measure to double elementary recess time

Oklahoma senators passed a measure to double school recess time Tuesday.

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In a rare moment of total agreement, the Oklahoma Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 1481, a measure aimed at doubling daily recess time for the state’s youngest students. The legislation, authored by Ally Seifried, would require at least 40 minutes of recess each day for children in kindergarten through fifth grade, up from the current 20-minute minimum. Seifried framed the bill as a commonsense adjustment, arguing that more time outside th…

Senate Unanimously Passes Seifried Bill to Double Recess Time for Young Students

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