,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bh1 #bjag,ms4
 ,lofgren 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,clarke of 
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4        
,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 
,moore1 ,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,mr4       
,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4 ,takano1 
,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 and ,mr4  
,gutirrez7 introduced the following     
bill2 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 health1 well-being1 and      
performance4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,,zzz's to ,a's
 ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds   
the following3  7#a7 ,the ,secretary of 
,education has not formally issued      
policy guidance on school start times4  
7#b7 ,numerous local educational        
agencies have recently changed or are   

considering changing school start times 
in an effort to improve adolescent      
health1 well-being1 and performance4    
#c4 ,study and report ,not later than   
#ah months after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,education shall--  7#a7 conduct a   
study1 directly or through the award of 
a grant or contract1 to examine the     
relationship between school start times 
and adolescent health1 well-being1 and  
performance that--  7,a7 provides a     
comprehensive review of the scientific  
evidence relating to school start times 
and adolescent health1 well-being1 and  
performance2  7,b7 compares adolescent  
health1 well-being1 and performance     
among local educational agencies with   
different school start times2 and  7,c7 
evaluates factors that contribute to or 
affect school start times2 and  7#b7    
submit to ,congress a report that       
describes--  7,a7 the findings of the   
study2 and  7,b7 any recommendations of 
the ,secretary based on such findings4  

#d4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,local educational agency ,the term     
local educational agency has the meaning
 given the term in section #haja of the 
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja74    
7#b7 ,performance ,the term performance 
means a measurement of how well an      
individual achieves a desired task1 and 
may include academic performance and    
cognitive performance4  7#c7 ,secretary 
,the term ,secretary means the          
,secretary of ,education4