California Middle and High Schools Start the Day Later This Year

A student walks past a sign for the school's football team at Edison Highschool in Huntington Beach, Calif., on March 10, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Middle school and high school students in California will be able to snooze a little longer before heading to class this year, due to a law delaying school start times that takes effect this year.

Citing research on the impacts of adolescent sleep deprivation and the benefits of a later school start time, the state Legislature passed a law in 2019 requiring public high schools to begin classes no earlier than 8:30 a.m., while middle schools can begin instruction no earlier than 8 a.m.