We never specified when the recess period was supposed to occur or provided funding for additional monitors. This helps solve that problem.
I'm leaving when recess specifically occurs up to the individual schools or districts to decide. I strongly believe that matters like an ultra-specific schedule should not be set by our government - localities should have the freedom to decide when recess is.
As for funding for additional monitors - that's a very good point that I admittedly didn't think of. $5 million sounds like enough, and I'd gladly support that. Admittedly I'd like to hear some reasoning behind why the recess period should be cut to 15 minutes.
The problem is that if you don't specify recess could be during the lunch period, it could be viewed as not allowed. The time for recess has to come from somewhere. I'd rather it not come from classroom time.
