Report: Pushing school start time would boost economy

This will probably be music to the ears of kids in high school.

There's now more support for pushing the school start time back. A new report says it would give a major boost to the economy. That's on top of the health benefits.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends high schools start no earlier than 8:30 a.m.

That helps compensate for when a teenager's body clock starts to shift later.

Many schools say it would be too expensive to reschedule buses.

But a new study from the RAND Corporation says overall it would lead to better academic performance and fewer car accidents.

And they say the economic gains would be more than $80-billion within a decade.

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