RSB/4/19
Sponsored by Marilla Dale, Owen Hollis of Columbia Central High School
This legislation was filed in the Education category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section I) The terms used in this act, unless the context requires otherwise, shall be defined as |
| 4 | follows: |
| 5 | a) Collective bargaining agreement (CBA): A written legal contract between an employer and a |
| 6 | union representing the affected employees. |
| 7 | b) Sleep deprivation: The altered mental state caused by an individual receiving a lack of proper |
| 8 | sleep. This may lead to poor decision making, a higher likelihood of taking unnecessary risks, poor |
| 9 | academic performance, a decline in health, and an overall inhibited performance in daily tasks. |
| 10 | c) School day: The length of time between when education in a school begins and ends daily. It is |
| 11 | defined by the school district or charter school for the purpose of calculating average daily |
| 12 | attendance in order to compute any apportionments of state funding. |
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| 14 | Section II) This bill will mandate that the school day in middle schools begin no earlier than 8 |
| 15 | a.m., and high schools shall begin no earlier than 8:30 a.m. to combat the effects of sleep |
| 16 | deprivation on students. |
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| 18 | Section III) If this is enacted, copies of this Concurrent Resolution will be sent out to the |
| 19 | Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Education, Director of Health, Director of |
| 20 | Human Services, and Director of Transportation to ensure communication between affected |
| 21 | parties, aid in planning new schedules for schools, and promote the full implementation of the |
| 22 | policy. |
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| 24 | Section IV) This bill shall be implemented by all public schools no later than July 1, 2026, or the |
| 25 | date on which a school district’s respective collective bargaining agreement (CBA) expires, |
| 26 | whichever is later. Section 2 shall apply to all academic years after July 1, 2026. |
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