Whereas healthy sleep is essential for the health, well-being, and safety of the students of the United States; Whereas healthy sleep is associated with healthy child development and better health outcomes in children and adolescents, including improved concentration, behavior, learning, memory, emotional regulation, quality of life, and mental and physical health; Whereas 25 percent of all children experience some type of sleep disturbance during childhood, including sleep disorders such as delayed sleep-wake phase disorder, insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, and restless legs syndrome; Whereas the new, unknown, and rapidly changing realities of the COVID–19 pandemic have caused widespread sleep disturbances in children; Whereas the amount of sleep needed to promote optimal health in children and adolescents varies by age; Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the Sleep Research Society recommend that teenagers sleep 8 to 10 hours per 24 hours on a regular basis to promote optimal health; Whereas data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 75 percent of high school students in the United States report getting insufficient sleep on school nights; Whereas the average sleep duration reported by adolescents varies by race, with a higher percentage of Black high school students reporting insufficient sleep on school nights than White and Latino students; Whereas shifts in biological rhythms during puberty causes adolescents to become sleepy later at night and wake up later in the morning; Whereas insufficient sleep, erratic sleep and wake schedules, late bedtimes, and poor sleep quality are associated with worse school performance for adolescents; Whereas insufficient sleep increases the risk of accidents, injuries, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, and depression