New Hampshire HB1507: requiring schools to provide a minimum amount of time for recess per day.

What the bill says

An act requiring schools to provide a minimum amount of time for recess per day. Rep. Harriott-Gathright, Hills. 10 COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill requires public school districts, school administrative units (SAUs), and public charter school boards to develop a policy requiring a minimum amount of recess time per day. This bill also qualifies recess as instructional time in the school day, and provides districts, SAUs, and charter school boards the authority to alter required recess time in ce.

From the introduced text, January 7, 2026:

AN ACT requiring schools to provide a minimum amount of time for recess per day. Rep. Harriott-Gathright, Hills. 10 COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill requires public school districts, school administrative units (SAUs), and public charter school boards to develop a policy requiring a minimum amount of recess time per day. This bill also qualifies recess as instructional time in the school day, and provides districts, SAUs, and charter school boards the authority to alter required recess time in certain circumstances. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics. Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.] Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-2514 12/09 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT requiring schools to provide a minimum amount of …

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Sponsors

• Megan Murray (D, 37) · primary sponsor
• Linda Harriott-Gathright (D, 10)