CT SB00767

Child care centers and group child care homes must comply with federal child and adult care food program meal pattern requirements and make potable drinking water available to children throughout the day, effective October 1, 2017.

Child care providers must offer children ages three and older opportunities for moderate and vigorous physical activity, preferably outdoors, with exceptions for children with disabilities or developmental delays.

Child care centers and group child care homes are prohibited from providing mobile devices, computers, or video game equipment to children under age two, and must limit access to 60 minutes daily for full-time students and 30 minutes for half-day students ages two and older.

School boards must ensure elementary students (preschool through fifth grade) receive at least 20 consecutive minutes of daily physical exercise during regular school hours and at least 20-minute lunch periods, with exemptions available through special education planning teams.

School boards and charter schools must adopt policies by January 1, 2018 regarding prohibitions on using physical activity as discipline or preventing students from participating in required physical exercise time.