

Vin Gopal (D-Monmouth) - would take effect at the start of the 2024-25 school year.

The plan - sponsored by Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Middlesex) and Sen. I don’t think we’re all just going to start heading to bed a half-hour earlier, so we’re just going to wind up with less sleep than we need.”Ĭassino hopes the Legislature advances a new bill that would delay start times in high schools to 8:30 a.m., a bill its supporters say is a response to the teen mental health crisis experts say was aggravated during the pandemic. “That half-hour is more we could get, too, as parents. “That half-hour difference is a big deal,” Cassino said.

Dan Cassino starts getting his son ready for school around 7 a.m., and they leave their Glen Ridge home at 8 to get to school before the bell rings at 8:30.īut next year, Cassino’s son is starting high school, where the first classes begin at 8 a.m., meaning they’ll have to get started even earlier to get to class on time.
