[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 227 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 227

Expressing the sense of Congress that secondary schools should consider 
               starting school after 9:00 in the morning.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 2007

   Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California submitted the following concurrent 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress that secondary schools should consider 
               starting school after 9:00 in the morning.

Whereas scientific studies indicate that adolescents experience hormonal changes 
        that keep them awake at night;
Whereas most secondary schools begin classes at 7:30 or earlier in the morning;
Whereas most teen crime occurs between 3:00 and 6:00 in the afternoon and a 
        later start would result in a later school day;
Whereas many adolescents who do not get enough sleep are more likely to be 
        depressed, tardy, absent from school, involved in a car crash, and 
        obese; and
Whereas many adolescents do not get enough sleep to realize their full academic 
        potential: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that secondary schools should begin 
classes after 9:00 in the morning.
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