MAHA State Policies

Requires education on nutrition and metabolic health for physicians, physician assistants, and medical students, limits SNAP to healthy foods, restricts food dyes and additives in school meals, allows for over-the-counter sale of ivermectin, limits digital instruction for K–5 students, requires a study of school technology impacts on older students, reinstates the presidential physical fitness test, and increases student physical activity requirements.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins approved Governor Greg Gianforte’s request for a waiver to restrict the purchase of high-sugar beverages, energy drinks, candy, and prepared desserts with SNAP benefits.

Requires public elementary and middle schools to provide students in four-year-old kindergarten through fifth grade with a minimum of 20 minutes of unstructured outdoor recess daily (indoors during inclement weather). Recess cannot be withheld as punishment more than two days per week and may not count toward physical education requirements. The bill updates physical education standards and must be fully implemented by July 1, 2028. It takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Requires public schools to implement “bell-to-bell” restrictions on student use of personal electronic devices, banning access during the school day for K–8 students by 2026 and for high school students by 2027, with limited exceptions. It also mandates that schools adopt and enforce policies for device storage, communication, and discipline to promote a distraction-free learning environment

Requires Oklahoma public elementary schools (kindergarten through grade 5) to provide students with an average of 40 minutes of recess per school day as a condition of accreditation. Recess may be split into two 20-minute periods, must consist of supervised unstructured play, and cannot be withheld as discipline. Effective July 1, 2026.