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Cooper: Rested and Ready Forum Highlights Momentum and Recent Policy Innovation on School Start Times

May 18, 2026

HARRISBURG – Rep. Jill Cooper (R-Westmoreland) and other state lawmakers, education leaders and policy staff convened this month at two Rested and Ready virtual forums to advance an ongoing statewide conversation on adolescent sleep health and school start times. The forum included a focus on House Bill 2152, a first-of-its-kind proposal designed to financially incentivize school districts to adopt later secondary school start times aligned with adolescent sleep science.

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Latest News from State Capitol and 55th District

March 5, 2026

Rep. Jill Cooper (R-Westmoreland) - As March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and with the recent increase in new diagnoses, what better way to highlight this important subject than with someone who is battling with it. As he did in March 2025, this week, Jordan Frei, who assists me with publications and communications, will be a guest columnist and provide a firsthand account of his experience.

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