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Flagler Schools to survey community after state law lets districts defer later start times
Summary
Under Senate Bill 296 (2025) Flagler County Schools may seek an exemption instead of immediately moving middle and high school start times later; district staff recommended no immediate schedule change and plan a November stakeholder survey and a Department of Education exemption report by June 1, 2026 if the board chooses to pursue changes.
Flagler County School Board members received an update Oct. 28 on state changes to school start-time law and a district plan to solicit community input before deciding whether to change local schedules.
State context: staff summarized recent state action. A 2023 law had required middle schools to start no earlier than 8 a.m. and high schools no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Senate Bill 296 (2025) amended that approach to allow local school boards to submit an exemption report to the Florida Department of Education instead of immediately changing times; the report must be filed by June 1, 2026 if a board intends to keep current times rather than adopt the…
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