Senate Bill 1518 (2026) — Recess requirements for middle school students
SB 1518
Florida Bills
Florida Senate - 2026 SB By Senator Arrington 25-01282-26 20261518__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled
An act relating to recess requirements for middle school students; amending s. 1003.455, F.S.; requiring district school boards to provide a specified amount of free-play recess each week to students in grades 6 through 8; providing an effective date. 6
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
Section 1. Subsection (6) of
section 1003.455, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 11 1003.455 Physical education; assessment.— 12
(6) In addition to the requirements in subsection (3), each district school board shall provide at least minutes of supervised, safe, and unstructured free-play recess each week for students in kindergarten through grade 8 so that there are at least consecutive minutes of free-play recess per day. 17 This requirement does not apply to charter schools. 18