A bill in the Ohio House would extend mandatory recess to two 30-minute sessions per day for kindergarten through eighth grade and expand options for schools to offer gym credits to high ...

A proposal at the Oklahoma Capitol to double daily recess time for elementary school students is fueling debate among parents ...

The Oklahoma Senate on Tuesday passed Senate Bill 1481, which seeks to double recess time for students in kindergarten through fifth grade.

DALLAS - Several North Texas schools are changing and now giving students more time for recess. In most elementary schools, kids get one recess for about 15 minutes a day. But the LIINK Project calls ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine recently brought attention to a piece of legislation that hasn’t seen public movement in ...

The governor, in his last State of the State speech, endorsed longer recess periods for public school students and worried about the effects of too much exposure to social media. DeWine, speaking ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — This is the time of year when people try to pressure lawmakers to vote for or against certain bills, but a few of the advocates are still in grade school. Several elementary school ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Is a kid ever too old for recess? Well, a new Florida bill inspired by a group of middle school students in Central Florida is at least looking to extend mandatory recess through ...

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KAIT) - The first steps to increase recess time for schools in Arkansas cleared its first hurdle Tuesday. According to a report from NBC affiliate KARK, the House Education Committee ...

The school day will be 20 minutes longer in the coming 2019-20 school year in North Little Rock School District elementary schools as a way to provide more time for classroom instruction and recess.