[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4131 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4131

  To provide grants to local educational agencies that agree to begin 
         school for secondary students after 9 in the morning.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 1998

 Ms. Lofgren introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide grants to local educational agencies that agree to begin 
         school for secondary students after 9 in the morning.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Z's to A's Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Education is authorized to 
provide a grant of not more than $25,000 to each local educational 
agency that agrees to begin school for secondary students after 9 in 
the morning.
    (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, a local educational agency shall submit an application to the 
Secretary providing assurances that--
            (1) at the time of the application, secondary schools 
        served by the local educational agency begin school before 9 in 
        the morning; and
            (2) not later than 2 years after the date of submission of 
        the application, secondary schools served by such agency shall 
        begin classes after 9 in the morning.
    (c) Uses of Funds.--A local educational agency that receives a 
grant under this Act may use such grant funds to pay for the 
administrative and operating costs associated in changing the hours of 
operation of secondary schools served by such agency.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``secondary school'' has the same meaning 
        given such term in section 14101(25) of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801(25)); and
            (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        Education.
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