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Lawmakers weigh study panel to examine later school start times after student and parent testimony
Summary
Rep. Jonah Wheeler proposed a legislative study commission (HB184) to investigate changing school start times; parents, students, coaches and the School Boards Association told the committee later start times have health, academic and safety benefits but raised implementation questions such as busing and afterschool activities.
Representative Jonah Wheeler introduced HB184, a bill to create a legislative study commission to examine whether and how school start times in New Hampshire could be moved later. Wheeler said the measure responds to parent and student concerns about early start times and the health and academic impacts of insufficient sleep.
“People have gone to their school boards across the state and have been told…this is such a complex issue that it's the state should study and look at before we can move forward on,” Wheeler said. He…
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