Soaring Temperatures Complicate Tennessee’s School Recess Mandate

Soaring Temperatures Complicate Tennessee’s School Recess Mandate

Image Credit: Canva Tennessee Conservative News Staff – Some Tennessee schools say they are struggling to stay in compliance with a new recess law as outside temperatures soar, with some areas seeing a heat index well over 100 degrees. According to the law passed last year, it is mandated that Tennessee elementary schools provide students with 40 minutes of recess every day. This is a vast increase over the previous requirement of 130 minutes to…