SB1481

Schools; requiring certain schools to provide students in certain grades with certain amount of recess per day. Effective date. Emergency.

Complete·4/22/26

Oklahoma SB1481 mandates elementary schools to provide daily recess for students in full-day kindergarten and grades one through five.

Oklahoma SB1481 amends physical education program requirements by mandating that public elementary schools provide at least a twenty-minute daily recess for students in full-day kindergarten and grades one through five. This recess must be in addition to the sixty minutes of physical education required weekly. The bill also allows recess to be divided into two periods and prohibits its removal as a form of discipline. The act declares an emergency, making it effective immediately upon passage and approval.

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Sponsors

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Roll Call Votes

86 Yea

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1 Nay

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12 Absent

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Calendar

Apr 14

4:30 PM

House Appropriations and Budget Hearing

Apr 6

10:30 AM

House A&B Education Subcommittee Hearing

History

Apr 22

Senate

Approved by Governor 04/22/2026

Apr 20

Senate

Enrolled, to House

Apr 20

House

Signed, returned to Senate