H0915 • 2026

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to require public schools to offer daily recess to students in kindergarten through grade 5 and to encourage public schools to offer unstructured activity breaks for students in grades 6 through 8.

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Sponsor: WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Last action: 2026-03-19
Official status: S Educ
Effective date: Not listed

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EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to require public schools to offer daily recess to students in kindergarten through grade 5 and to encourage public schools to offer unstructured activity breaks for students in grades 6 through 8.

What This Bill Does

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to require public schools to offer daily recess to students in kindergarten through grade 5 and to encourage public schools to offer unstructured activity breaks for students in grades 6 through 8.

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Bill History

2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
2026-03-19 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Education
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
2026-03-18 Idaho State Legislature
Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – PASSED - 66-0-4 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug(Chadwick), Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Cannon, Crane(13), Hall(Stone), Manwaring Floor Sponsor - Redman Title apvd - to Senate
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature
Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading

Official Summary Text

EDUCATION – Adds to existing law to require public schools to offer daily recess to students in kindergarten through grade 5 and to encourage public schools to offer unstructured activity breaks for students in grades 6 through 8.

Current Bill Text

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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
915
BY
WAYS
AND
MEANS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
EDUCATION;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
16,
TITLE
33,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
2
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
33
-
1639,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
REQUIRE
PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
3
TO
PROVIDE
DAILY
RECESS
FOR
STUDENTS
IN
KINDERGARTEN
THROUGH
GRADE
FIVE
4
AND
TO
ENCOURAGE
SCHOOLS
TO
PROVIDE
UNSTRUCTURED
ACTIVITY
BREAKS
FOR
5
STUDENTS
IN
GRADES
SIX
THROUGH
EIGHT;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
6
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
7
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
8
SECTION
1.
That
Chapter
16,
Title
33,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
9
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
10
ignated
as
Section
33
-
1639,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
1
1
33
-
1639.
DAILY
RECESS
AND
UNSTRUCTURED
ACTIVITY.
(1)
Each
school
12
district,
specially
chartered
district,
and
public
charter
school
shall
13
provide
to
students
in
kindergarten
through
grade
5
a
period
of
daily
recess
14
outdoors,
guaranteeing
every
student
time
to
move,
play,
and
grow.
At
least
15
one
(1)
recess
period
shall
occur
daily
and
outdoors
and
shall
be
for
not
less
16
than
twenty
(20)
minutes,
weather
and
scheduling
permitting.
If
weather
17
does
not
permit
students
to
be
outdoors,
then
daily
recess
shall
be
accom
-
18
modated
indoors,
such
as
in
a
gymnasium.
Daily
recess
provided
pursuant
to
19
this
section
shall
not
be
withheld
from
an
entire
class
for
disciplinary
20
purposes.
21
(2)
Each
school
district,
specially
chartered
district,
and
public
22
charter
school
is
encouraged
to
provide
to
students
in
grades
6
through
8
23
daily
unstructured
activity
breaks.
24
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
25
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
26
July
1,
2026.
27