The Bring Back Recess Bill has passed through committee

BATON ROUGE — The House Education Committee voted 8-5 Wednesday to approve a “Bring Back Recess Bill” requiring that students in grades K through 8 have 30 minutes of unstructured playtime daily. The bill, by Rep. Beryl Amedee, R-Houma, would allow school districts flexibility to decide how to allocate the minutes. Amedee said she would prefer to see schools give students 15 minutes in the morning and 15 in the afternoon.