ZZZ's to A's Act

ZZZ's to A's Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a study examining the relationship between school start times and adolescent health, well-being, and performance that:

• comprehensively reviews the scientific evidence relating to that relationship;
• compares adolescent health, well-being, and performance among local educational agencies with different school start times; and
• evaluates factors that contribute to or affect school start times.

Requires the Secretary to report the study's findings to Congress, including any recommendations the Secretary has that are based on those findings.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5678 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5678

 To direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study to determine 
  the relationship between school start times and adolescent health, 
                      well-being, and performance.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2014

  Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mr. Honda, and Mr. Moran) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study to determine 
  the relationship between school start times and adolescent 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 ``ZZZ's to A's Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the followings:
            (1) The Secretary of Education has not formally issued 
        policy guidance on school start times.
            (2) Numerous local educational agencies have recently 
        changed or are considering changing school start times in an 
        effort to improve adolescent health, well-being, and 
        performance.

SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT.

    Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Education shall--
            (1) conduct a study, directly or through awarding a grant 
        or contract, to examine the relationship between school start 
        times and adolescent health, well-being, and performance that--
                    (A) provides a comprehensive review of the 
                scientific evidence relating to school start times and 
                adolescent health, well-being, and performance;
                    (B) compares adolescent health, well-being, and 
                performance among local educational agencies with 
                different school start times; and
                    (C) evaluates factors that contribute to or affect 
                school start times; and
            (2) submit to Congress a report that describes--
                    (A) the findings of the study; and
                    (B) any recommendations of the Secretary based on 
                such findings.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational 
        agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7801).
            (2) Performance.--The term ``performance'' means a 
        measurement of how well an individual achieves a desired task, 
        and which may include academic performance and cognitive 
        performance.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Education.
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