[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 561 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 561

 To require the Secretary of Education to assess the impact of school 
      start times on student health, well-being, and performance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2015

 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Education to assess the impact of school 
      start times on student health, well-being, and performance.

    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 ``Assessing Appropriate School Start 
Times Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION OF STUDY ON SCHOOL START TIMES TO ``STUDIES OF 
              NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE''.

    Section 5414 (20 U.S.C. 7243c) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended in subsection 
(a) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Appropriate school start times.--A study assessing 
        the impact of school start times on student health, well-being, 
        and performance.''.

SEC. 3. COMPLETION DATE.

    The study required by section 2 shall be completed not later than 
18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
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