Start School Later currently has 134 volunteer-led chapters in 3 countries, 30 US states and Washington, D.C., has been featured in Beme, The Huffington Post,Rebecca Klein. Why School Start Times Play A Huge Role In Kids’ Success. The Huffington Post. June 9, 2016. URL and Psychiatric News, and has received media coverage and editorial support in publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, BBC Brasil, WGBH, and The Washington URL In 2013 U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan tweeted his support for later high school start times,Duncan, Arne (arneduncan). “Common sense to improve student achievement that too few have implemented: let teens sleep more, start school later wapo.st/14WCs4R.” 19 Aug 2013, 6.41 p.m. Tweet and since 2014 the American Academy of Pediatrics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Medical Association, the Society of Behavioral Medicine, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Association of Sleep Technologists have issued policy statements recommending that middle and high schools start no earlier than 8:30 a.m.American Academcy of Pediatrics. Policy Statement:School Start Times for Adolescents. Pediatrics 2014 Sep;134(3):642-649. URL  In April 2017, Start School Later - together with the RAND Corporation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Yale School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics and Section on Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine - co-sponsored the first-ever national conference on Adolescent Sleep, Health, and School Start Times. In 2019, legislation co-sponsored by Start School Later and the California State PTA made California the first state in the nation to set a floor on how early middle and high schools can require URL 
Start School Later currently has 137 volunteer-led chapters in 3 countries, 31 US states and Washington, D.C., has been featured in Beme, The Huffington Post,Rebecca Klein. Why School Start Times Play A Huge Role In Kids’ Success. The Huffington Post. June 9, 2016. URL and Psychiatric News, and has received media coverage and editorial support in publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, BBC Brasil, WGBH, and The Washington URL In 2013 U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan tweeted his support for later high school start times,Duncan, Arne (arneduncan). “Common sense to improve student achievement that too few have implemented: let teens sleep more, start school later wapo.st/14WCs4R.” 19 Aug 2013, 6.41 p.m. Tweet and since 2014 the American Academy of Pediatrics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Medical Association, the Society of Behavioral Medicine, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Association of Sleep Technologists have issued policy statements recommending that middle and high schools start no earlier than 8:30 a.m.American Academcy of Pediatrics. Policy Statement:School Start Times for Adolescents. Pediatrics 2014 Sep;134(3):642-649. URL In 2019 it sponsored with the California State PTA, the first US statewide legislation explicitly designed to protect and recognize the importance of adolescent sleep health by aligning secondary school hours with the substantial body of scientific evidence regarding adolescent sleep needs and timing. In April 2017, Start School Later - together with the RAND Corporation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Yale School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics and Section on Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine - co-sponsored the first-ever national conference on Adolescent Sleep, Health, and School Start Times. In 2019, legislation co-sponsored by Start School Later and the California State PTA made California the first state in the nation to set a floor on how early middle and high schools can require URL In 2021, Start School Later received the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation's Sleep Champion Award.
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In 2019 it sponsored with the California State PTA, the first US statewide legislation explicitly designed to protect and recognize the importance of adolescent sleep health by aligning secondary school hours with the substantial body of scientific evidence regarding adolescent sleep needs and timing.
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In 2021, Start School Later received the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation's Sleep Champion Award.