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
87R12395 BDP-D | ||
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. |