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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 6858: Provides for daily recess for elementary students

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 6858 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides for daily recess for elementary students. Primary sponsor: Rachel May (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 6858A.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires each school district to ensure that every public school in which school days exceed five hours in duration provides up to thirty minutes of daily recess within the school day for all students in kindergarten through fifth grade and for students in sixth grade who attend an elementary school.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Democratic/Working Families 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rachel MayPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Kristen GonzalezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate59
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Sam SuttonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Jeremy ZellnerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate61

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. PRINT NUMBER 6858A
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
  3. REFERRED TO EDUCATION
  4. REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source