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09/07/2025

Illinois is on it! Law supports the necessity of FREE PLAY as part of the learning and developmental curriculum. It is ILLEGAL to reduce recess as a form of punishment. Research backs the need for free play and the inequity of reduced recess for children in marginalized groups.

09/07/2025

08/27/2025

https://www.cdc.gov/physical-activity-education/recess/index.html

The CDC highlights the importance of recess in the developmental benefits for children. It promotes regulation, improved classroom behaviors, executive functioning, motor skills, social skills, and a sense of belonging.

FREE PLAY is a crucial part of learning, but why is it allowed to be taken from vulnerable students that need it MOST?

Recess encourages students to choose a physically activity with peers at all grade levels.