S 8377

                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
                                   8377
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
                             I N  S E N A T E
                               June 6, 2025
                                ___________
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of education to conduct
   a survey of recess held in schools serving  students  in  kindergarten
   through grade six
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   Section 1. The commissioner of education  is  directed  to  conduct  a
 survey  of  recess  held  in public and charter schools serving students
 from kindergarten through grade six, which shall  include,  but  not  be
 limited to:
   (a) information pertaining to the number of schools currently offering
 recess;
   (b) the length of such recess and how often it is provided;
   (c)  information  pertaining to the location of such recess, including
 whether such recess is held indoors or outdoors;
   (d) if districts provide a dedicated space for such recess;
   (e) if the school's recess is supervised or unsupervised;
   (f) how many schools have a nurse on premises during the school day in
 each school building;
   (g) what the barriers are to providing recess; and
   (h) if such recess is structured and if students are offered time  for
 unstructured play.
   §  2.  On or before March 1, 2026 or 180 days after this section shall
 have become a law, whichever is later,  the  commissioner  of  education
 shall  provide  the  information  from  the  survey to the governor, the
 temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
 senate  minority  leader,  the  assembly minority leader, and the chair-
 persons and ranking members of the senate  and  assembly  committees  on
 education. Such information shall also be released on the public website
 of the New York state education department.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13091-09-5