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H585 • 2025

Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules

Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules

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Sponsor
Carmine Lawrence Gentile
Last action
2025-09-25
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules

Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No.
  • 585) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile and James B.
  • Eldridge for an investigation by a task force relative to the effect of school day start times for middle and secondary school students.
  • Education.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-09-25 House

    Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-06-06 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/17/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Education

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules
By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No. 585) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile and James B. Eldridge for an investigation by a task force relative to the effect of school day start times for middle and secondary school students. Education.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.585

Resolved,
That the department of elementary and secondary education shall convene an educational task force to review the effect of school day start times for middle school and secondary school students. The task force shall consist of: the commissioner of elementary and secondary education or a designee who shall serve as chair; the secretary of education or a designee; the executive director of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Inc. or a designee; the executive director of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, Inc. or a designee; the executive director of the Massachusetts Secondary Schools Administration Association, Inc. or a designee; the executive director of Start School Later, Inc. or a designee; the executive director of the Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials, Inc. or a designee; a representative from the National Sleep Foundation; a parent of a high school student who is a member of a school council, as defined in section 59C of chapter 71 of the General Laws; and a superintendent from a district which has implemented later school day start times.

The task force shall: (i) conduct a comprehensive study, including a review of the scientific findings relative to sleep needs of adolescents and the effect that middle school and secondary school day start times have on the health and academic performance of students; (ii) determine the number of districts in the commonwealth that have implemented later school day start times for middle schools and secondary schools and examine the academic performance of students, including performance on statewide tests; and (iii) identify resources and opportunities to assist districts in implementing later school day start times for middle schools and secondary schools, should the task force’s findings under clauses (i) and (ii) suggest that a later school day start time is beneficial to student learning.

The task force shall file a report containing its findings and recommendations, including legislation necessary to carry out its recommendations, with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives by July 1, 2026.

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