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Senate approves education measure requiring 30-minute elementary recess, state fitness test and limits on some school-meal additives
Summary
The Kansas Senate adopted the conference committee report on the Senate substitute for House Bill 2164, requiring a minimum 30-minute daily recess for elementary schools beginning in the 2027–28 school year, directing the State Board of Education to establish a Kansas State Physical Fitness Test, and adding a prohibition on certain food additives in school meals; the measure passed 24–13.
The Kansas Senate on a voice and roll-call sequence adopted the conference committee report on the Senate substitute for House Bill 2164, which would require a minimum 30-minute recess for elementary schools beginning in the 2027–28 school year, instruct the State Board of Education to establish a Kansas State Physical Fitness Test, and incorporate a provision from SB 390 to prohibit specified food additives in school meals. Senator Erickson (Senator from Sedgwick) moved adoption of the conference committee report and stood for questions.
Why it matters: The measure sets a statewide baseline…
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