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Good for Kids, Bad for Working Parents: California Schools Will Start Later Each Day

Teen sleeping

California kids may not need to set their alarms so early, once the law goes into effect in three years.

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will ban all public middle and high schools from starting before 8:30 a.m. While the law aims to improve student health and keep them in worse for working moms and dads.

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