{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-28a.210.368","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 28A.210.368","heading":"Nutrition, health, and physical education model policy and procedure.","body":"(1)(a) By April 1, 2024, the Washington state school directors' association, with the assistance of the office of the superintendent of public instruction, must review and update a model policy and procedure regarding nutrition, health, and physical education.\n(b) The model policy and procedure must:\n(i) Aim to make elementary school recess safe, inclusive, and high quality for all students;\n(ii) Encourage physical activity breaks for middle and high school students;\n(iii) Align with the requirements in RCW 28A.230.295;\n(iv) Encourage elementary school recess to be scheduled before lunch, whenever possible, to reduce food waste, maximize nutrition, and allow students to be active before eating;\n(v) Discourage withholding recess as a disciplinary or punitive action except when a student's participation in recess poses an immediate threat to the safety of the student or others, and create a process to find and deploy alternatives to the withholding of recess;\n(vi) Discourage the withholding of recess to have a student complete academic work;\n(vii) Prohibit the use of physical activity during the school day as punishment, such as having students run laps or do push-ups as a punitive action; and\n(viii) Align with corporal punishment requirements established in WAC 392-400-825.\n(2) By the beginning of the 2024-25 school year, school districts must adopt or amend if necessary policies and procedures that, at a minimum, incorporate all the elements described in subsection (1) of this section.","path":["Title 28A","Chapter 28A.210"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=28A.210.368","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T01:45:10Z","sha256":"f9429943bd115c86f1643a2c025824d5a18cf60a22c69a2eb44fa99dd7537b7a","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-28a.210.365","next":"us-wa/rcw-28a.210.370"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}