Category
Recess
Category
Recess
State law recommends recess.
Healthy and Fit Schools Advisory Committee
Site identifies daily recess as one component of a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP).
Healthy School Nutrition Environments: Local School Wellness Policy Model Guidance
Model wellness policy guidance encourages daily recess.
Oklahoma Statutes 70-11-103.9 Physical education programs required for accreditation.
C. The Board shall require, as a condition of accreditation, that public elementary schools provide to students in full-day kindergarten and grades one through five, in addition to the requirements set forth in subsection B of this section, an average of sixty (60) minutes each week of physical activity, which may include, but not be limited to, physical education, exercise programs, fitness breaks, recess, and classroom activities, and wellness and nutrition education. Each school district board of education shall determine the specific activities and means of compliance with the provisions of this subsection, giving consideration to the recommendations of each school's Healthy and Fit School Advisory Committee as submitted to the school principal pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-100a of this title.
Oklahoma Statutes 70-11-103.9 Physical education programs required for accreditation.
D. The Board shall also strongly encourage school districts to incorporate physical activity into the school day by providing to students in full-day kindergarten and grades one through five at least a twenty-minute daily recess, which shall be in addition to the sixty (60) minutes of physical education as required by subsection B of this section, and by allowing all students brief physical activity breaks throughout the day, physical activity clubs, and special events.