Section 1504.1. Use of Funds for Implementing Later School Start Times.--(a) To offset costs related to planning, implementing or operating a later school start time, a school district may use money from appropriations received under sections 2502.56, 2509.3, 2509.5, 2541 and 2599.7, as well as any unreserved or undesignated fund balance that is available.
(b) Before adopting a later school start time, a school district shall post its proposal on its publicly accessible Internet website and solicit public comments on the proposed change at two advertised public meetings of the board of school directors.
(c) Upon adopting a later school start time, the school district shall report the new start time to the Department of Education and provide the Department of Education with accounting of the money used under this section to implement the change.
(1504.1 added July 12, 2026, P.L.220, No.20)