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Supporters urge state guardrails on school start times to improve adolescent sleep, health and achievement
Summary
House Bill 10‑15 would set minimum healthy start‑time parameters (no elementary before 8:00 a.m.; no middle/high school before 8:30 a.m.). Sponsors and a broad coalition of medical experts, parents and advocacy groups told the committee that later start times improve student health, safety and academic outcomes and urged a favorable report.
Delegate April Miller presented House Bill 10‑15, the "Happy Healthy High Schoolers Act," proposing statewide guardrails on school start times to align instruction with adolescent sleep biology. The bill sets a baseline that no elementary school start before 8:00 a.m. and no middle or high school start before 8:30 a.m., with flexibility for districts to implement schedules within that floor.
Sponsors and witnesses — including sleep researchers, pediatricians, county PTA leaders and student…
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