Miami lawmaker will seek new path for school recess after it stalls in House

With House Republican leaders holding up a Senate-approved bill to mandate daily recess in public elementary schools, Florida senators will attempt another route to get the proposal enacted this year.  Miami Republican Sen. Anitere Flores, the sponsor of the Senate recess bill (SB 78), filed a sweeping amendment Wednesday morning to her measure aimed at…

Plasencia: ‘No one actively lobbying against’ daily recess mandate

State Rep. Rene Plasencia, R-Orlando, told reporters Thursday that “there’s no one that’s actively lobbying against” efforts to require mandatory daily recess in Florida’s public elementary schools.  There has so far been no obvious or outspoken public opposition to the measure, but district administrators quietly have voiced concerns about requiring all schools to have recess —…