SB 339 Kansas Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.

SB 339 requires Kansas public school districts to provide at least 30 minutes of daily organized recess for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. This recess time is designated as part of the school term, meaning it counts toward the state's minimum school hour requirements (465 hours for kindergarten, 1,116 hours for grades 1-11). The bill amends Kansas Statute 72-3115 to explicitly include recess as part of the school term and repeals the previous version of the law. It applies directly to all Kansas public school districts serving students in grades K-5.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2026 Last action Apr 10, 2026
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What changed between versions

{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} As Amended by House Committee on Education · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to clarify that recess and physical activity requirements apply specifically to elementary grades (K-5) rather than all students, and to add 'social interaction' to the definition of recess. Additionally, the fitness test section was updated to specify that the test must be aligned with presidential standards only after those standards are published.
Scope change
The scope of recess and physical activity requirements was narrowed to apply only to elementary grades (kindergarten through five) instead of all students up to grade 12.
ELIGIBILITY

Changed the requirement for daily recess and moderate physical activity to apply only to elementary grades (K-5), removing the previous mandate for students in grades nine through 12.

DEFINITION

Updated the definition of 'recess' to explicitly include 'social interaction with other students' alongside unstructured play and physical activity.

REQUIREMENT

Added a condition to the fitness test requirement, stating it must be aligned with presidential physical fitness test standards only after those standards are officially published.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Mar 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Education
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Education
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Introduced
Received and Introduced
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 24, Nay 15, Absent 1
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Final Action - Not passed; Yea 17, Nay 23
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Doug Shane was adopted
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Doug Shane
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education
upper
Jan 16, 2026
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Education
upper
Jan 15, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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