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March 28, 2017 12:37
House To Make Changes To Florida Recess Bill

The changes to a bill making its way through the Florida house and senate could leave some "recess moms" unhappy. When the bill is submitted, the bill aimed to require all the public schools in Florida, grades k-5, to provide a 100 minutes of recess time per week. On an average it is about 20 minutes a day.

Quitoria Combs and also her two-year-old son love to get outdoors and she said that having free time is important.

"There's a lot of obesity and things like that going on. You want them to have that type of activity," said Combs.

The recess bill has gone through the senate smoothly, but Chris Latvala a house representative out of the Clearwater, wants to amend the bill allowing personal education to count towards the recess requirements. It would extend the requirements to 150 minutes per week, but free play could only count for the kids in grades K-3. The amended bill would call for the 20 minutes of free play on days when personal education is not scheduled."With physical education, they have things that they have to do as far as, with the school board and things they have to teach the kids at that time," said Combs.

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Juliet Reyes said that her son Lucian has a speech delay and also getting outside with other children helps him learn how to interact with other kids.

"I think it's going to be great for children and also for parents because they will have free time outside and I think it will teach the child that there are other ways to learn," said Reyes. "I think it's going to be great also for teachers so they can have a little break too."

The bill needs to make its way through the committees before heading to the house floor for a vote and also will need to match the senate bill. If not, the senate and also the house will have to come to an agreement or nix the bill altogether.

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