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SENATE BILL 6429


State of Washington	64th Legislature	2016 Regular Session

By Senators McAuliffe and Litzow

Read first time 01/20/16. Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

AN ACT Relating to school day start times; adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW; and creating new sections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature acknowledges that students who do not get enough sleep often suffer physical and mental health problems and a decline in academic performance. The legislature intends to help increase academic performance, improve graduation rates, and reduce health problems by pushing back the time public schools start by one hour.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28A.320 RCW to read as follows:

Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, all public schools shall start one hour later than the time they started in the 2015-16 school year.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. This act may be known and cited as the sandman act.

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