because this is time around, senator john legg is no longer in office come this spring. so he will no longer be able to block it once again. >> all right kelly, thanks. >> talk to you later. thank you. >>> now, school officials are also working hard to get students out classroom there. on healthier track across the uk school districts send students outside each day to run a mile. not only helps childhood obesity fresh air also helps students concentrate a bit more. daily mile effort is working. now spread to thousands of other schools. across a handful of other countries. >>> this morning good day good deed is courtesy of a man in manatee county whos generosity most. ray is a former flower shop owner who invested in real estate. he and his late wife started a sara and ray fund with manatee county foundation. each year, they grant awards to local nonprofits. yesterday on given tuesday it was no different. ray delivered $10,000 checks to 10 nonprofits. over the years ray and his wife have donated $400,000 to local groups. something he hopes will eentually inspi that is awe

that's because the chair of that committee senator john legg said that this shouldn't be something that the state should mandate. it should be decided by the individual school districts themselves. that's simply isn't happening. according to most parents across simply too caught up in test preparation and in academic rigors that the state's demanding to actually allow for that 20 minutes a day of recess. >> we want all kids regardless of their background what school they are at, to have on the day's at least that they don't have p e that opportunity to go outside, get the wiggles out for a couple minutes and go back inside, refreshed. and ready to focus on the rest of their studies. >> so even though t bill failed in the spring, this new one that has been reintroduced and will hopefully make it to not only make it to the floor in both the house which overwhelming passed last time around hopefully make it oh noor senate this time around basically mirror image of that bill that failed last spring. it would require 5 days a week at least 20 minutes a day of free play recess just like these

senator john legg who was at the pre-k-12 committee chair wouldn't hear it because he said the state should not be mandating recess. it should left up to schools themselves. but parents say it's led to some schools making the decision to cut recess altogether. and that simply unacceptable to many parents. >> nobody likes to mandate anything we understand that we don't want to tell teach is what they do they have an education they know what needs to be done for individual students. but unfortunately, it seems that the teacher are just inundated with things they have academically right now that they don't feel like they would be allowed to or that they would have time to take a break. we want all kids regardless of their background what school they are at, to have on the date they this have pe that opportunity to go outside get wiggles out for a couple minutes. recess bill filed tuesday essentially a mirror image of bill that failed in this past spring legislative session. it would mandate five days a week 20 minutes a day of recess grade. in pinellas county, kelly cowan, fox 13 news.