Bill Text: TX HB3861 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a task force to study the effect of delayed school start times on students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Public Education [HB3861 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3861-Introduced.html
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| By: Howard | H.B. No. 3861 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a task force to study the effect of | ||
| delayed school start times on students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: | ||
| (1) "Agency" means the Texas Education Agency. | ||
| (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of | ||
| education. | ||
| (3) "Task force" means the task force established | ||
| under this Act. | ||
| SECTION 2. TASK FORCE TO STUDY SCHOOL DAY START TIMES. (a) | ||
| A task force is established under this section to study the effect | ||
| of school day start times on students in kindergarten through grade | ||
| 12. | ||
| (b) The commissioner shall appoint members of the task | ||
| force, including: | ||
| (1) one pediatrician; | ||
| (2) one physician who specializes in sleep disorders; | ||
| (3) one mental health professional who specializes in | ||
| adolescent health issues; | ||
| (4) one representative of the National Alliance on | ||
| Mental Illness; | ||
| (5) one representative of the Texas Psychology | ||
| Association; | ||
| (6) one representative of Every Texan; | ||
| (7) one representative of Raise Your Hand Texas; | ||
| (8) one representative of Start School Later Texas; | ||
| (9) one representative of the Texas Pediatric Society; | ||
| (10) one representative of the Texas School Health | ||
| Advisory Committee; | ||
| (11) one representative of the Texas Association of | ||
| School Administrators; | ||
| (12) one representative of the Texas Professional | ||
| Educators; | ||
| (13) one representative of the Texas School Nurses | ||
| Organization; | ||
| (14) one representative of the Texas Principals | ||
| Association; | ||
| (15) one representative of the Texas Association for | ||
| Pupil Transportation; | ||
| (16) one student enrolled in public school in this | ||
| state; | ||
| (17) one representative of the American Academy of | ||
| Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; | ||
| (18) one representative of the American Academy of | ||
| Pediatrics; | ||
| (19) one representative of the American Academy of | ||
| Sleep Medicine; | ||
| (20) one representative of the American Medical | ||
| Association; | ||
| (21) one representative of Goose Creek Consolidated | ||
| Independent School District; | ||
| (22) one representative of the Centers for Disease | ||
| Control and Prevention; | ||
| (23) one representative of Texas Children's Hospital; | ||
| (24) one representative of Texas Tech University | ||
| Health Science Center; | ||
| (25) one representative of University of Texas Medical | ||
| Branch; | ||
| (26) one representative of Circadian Sleep Disorders | ||
| Network; | ||
| (27) one representative of Sleep Medicine and | ||
| Neurology Consultants; | ||
| (28) one representative of Children's Health Dallas; | ||
| (29) one representative of the League of Women Voters | ||
| of Tarrant County; | ||
| (30) one representative of the National Education | ||
| Association; | ||
| (31) one representative of the National Parent Teacher | ||
| Association; | ||
| (32) one representative of Deer Park Independent | ||
| School District; and | ||
| (33) one representative of the Society of Pediatric | ||
| Nurses. | ||
| (c) The members of the task force shall select the presiding | ||
| officer of the task force. | ||
| (d) The presiding officer shall call the initial meeting of | ||
| the task force not later than January 1, 2022. The task force shall | ||
| meet at the times and places that the presiding officer determines | ||
| are appropriate. The task force shall adopt rules necessary to | ||
| fulfill the task force's duties under this section. | ||
| (e) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the | ||
| task force. | ||
| SECTION 3. DUTIES OF THE TASK FORCE. The task force shall: | ||
| (1) conduct a study that: | ||
| (A) evaluates the effect of daily school start | ||
| and end times on students in kindergarten through grade 12; | ||
| (B) considers any negative impacts on public and | ||
| private school students and families that may arise from delayed | ||
| daily school start and end times; | ||
| (C) evaluates studies or initiatives relating to | ||
| school start times that are supported by national education | ||
| advocacy organizations; and | ||
| (D) reviews any available literature regarding | ||
| the experience of students in other states that have delayed school | ||
| day start times; | ||
| (2) prepare an assessment on the effect of delayed | ||
| school day start times on the health, safety, and academic | ||
| performance of students; and | ||
| (3) provide recommendations to the agency regarding | ||
| the feasibility of establishing a pilot program to test delayed | ||
| school day start times. | ||
| SECTION 4. REPORT. Not later than December 31, 2022, the | ||
| task force shall deliver a report to the commissioner of education | ||
| that includes the findings from the study, a summary of information | ||
| considered for the purposes of the study, and the recommendations | ||
| on the feasibility of a pilot program. | ||
| SECTION 5. EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and this | ||
| Act expires January 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | ||
| 1, 2021. | ||
