HD 239 Massachusetts House · 194th Legislature (2025-2026)

Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules

HD 239 authorizes a task force to study how middle and high school start times affect students. The task force, including education officials, school associations, sleep experts, and parents, must examine scientific research on adolescent sleep needs, review districts that have shifted start times, and assess academic impacts. It will report findings and recommendations - including potential legislation - by July 1, 2026, to inform future decisions about school schedules. This bill does not change current start times but directs a study to evaluate whether later schedules could benefit student health and learning.
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