Bill Text: IL HB5131 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall require that schools provide daily time for supervised, unstructured, child-directed play for all students in kindergarten through grade 8. Provides that the time allotted for play must be at least 60 minutes and play periods shall be at least 15 consecutive minutes in length. Provides that play time must allow for unstructured play, may include organized games, and shall not include the use of computers, tablets, phones, or videos. Prohibits the withholding of play time as a disciplinary or punitive action. Provides that play time does not count as a course of physical education and that a course of physical education does not count towards the daily time for play. Provides that play time shall be considered clock hours. Effective July 1, 2020.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5131 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5131-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5131 Introduced , by Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27-6.3 new
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall require that schools provide daily time for supervised, unstructured, child-directed play for all students in kindergarten through grade 8. Provides that the time allotted for play must be at least 60 minutes and play periods shall be at least 15 consecutive minutes in length. Provides that play time must allow for unstructured play, may include organized games, and shall not include the use of computers, tablets, phones, or videos. Prohibits the withholding of play time as a disciplinary or punitive action. Provides that play time does not count as a course of physical education and that a course of physical education does not count towards the daily time for play. Provides that play time shall be considered clock hours. Effective July 1, 2020.
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
27-6.3 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/27-6.3 new)
Sec. 27-6.3. Play time required in elementary school.
(a) A school board shall require that schools provide daily
time for supervised, unstructured, child-directed play for all
students in kindergarten through grade 8. The total time
allotted for play must be at least 60 minutes. Play periods
shall be at least 15 consecutive minutes in length. Play time
must allow unstructured play, may include organized games, and
shall not include the use of computers, tablets, phones, or
videos. Schools are encouraged to provide play time outdoors,
but play time may be held indoors.
(b) Play time does not count as a course of physical
education that fulfills the requirements of Section 27-6 of
this Code. Time spent in a course of physical education that
fulfills the requirements of Section 27-6 of this Code does not
count towards the daily time for play.
(c) A school board shall prohibit the withholding of play
time as a disciplinary or punitive action.

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(d) Play time shall be considered clock hours for the
purposes of Section 10-19.05 of this Code.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2020.