Assessing Appropriate School Start Times Act

Bill: 114-hr-561
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-27
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments

Child health

Elementary and secondary education

Government studies and investigations

School administration
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Assessing Appropriate School Start Times Act</strong></p> <p>Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to study the impact of school start times on student health, well-being, and performance.</p> <p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 561 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 27, 2015 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To require the Secretary of Education to assess the impact of school start times on student health, well-being, and performance.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Assessing Appropriate School Start Times Act . 2. Addition of study on school start times to Studies of National Significance Section 5414 ( 20 U.S.C. 7243c ) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ) is amended in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following: (4) Appropriate school start times A study assessing the impact of school start times on student health, well-being, and performance. . 3. Completion date The study required by section 2 shall be completed not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.