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Mandatory recess for grade schoolers approved despite objections

by Reneé Diaz/Washington State Journal
| February 27, 2023 1:20 AM

OLYMPIA — Elementary schools will be required to give students 30 minutes of recess every day and teachers would be prohibited from denying recess as a disciplinary measure under a bill that passed the state Senate last week despite objections.

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