The association also asserts that early school start times lead to chronic sleep restriction that negatively impacts physical and mental health, driving safety,and ability to learn.
“This law is the product of years of persistent, coalition-driven advocacy, with physicians, parents, educators, and sleep scientists working together to sound the alarm on early school start times,” Dr. Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, a sleep sleep neurologist at the University of Pittsburgh stated in an association release.