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Florida may stop requiring daily school recess. Moms group says no way. sun-sentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sun-sentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In 2017, Florida lawmakers signed an education bill that carried several mandates including one that said students in kindergarten through fifth grade were entitled to 20 consecutive minutes of free-play recess every day. ....
For the past six years, 20 minutes of daily recess has been a way of life for children in Florida’s public elementary schools. State lawmakers mandated the time for free play after hearing the need from parents across the state. Now those same parents, who proudly call themselves “recess moms,” are sounding the alarm that their hard-fought gain could soon be gone. As part of a sweeping . ....