A Bill to Limit Homework in Grades K-5
Caps homework at 10 minutes per grade level per night for K-5 schools that take federal funds.
Public schools receiving federal funds shall not assign more than 10 minutes of homework per grade level per night.
Independent reading and family projects do not count toward the limit.
Parents may report violations to the state education agency, which audits the district.
$5 million to train teachers in homework-light lesson design.
Mechanical parts, sourced & timed
Use this as your pre-round checklist. Memorize the source citation. Time yourself to the delivery target.
- Bill / Number
- H.R. 145 — A Bill to Limit Homework in Grades K-5
- Funding source
- $5M from ED teacher professional-development account.
- Timeline
- Effective next school year.
- Realistic — policy change, no infrastructure required.
- Enforcing agency
- State ed agencies, with parent complaint pathway.
- Partially — relies on parent reporting, which can be uneven.
- Penalty for non-compliance
- District-level audit and corrective action plan.
- Source citation
- Cooper, Robinson & Patall (2006), Duke University meta-analysis — duke.edu.
- Delivery time (read aloud)
- 55s
Limiting homework hurts students whose parents can't supplement at home.
Cooper's Duke meta-analysis (2006) found *zero* academic benefit to K-5 homework. The kids who 'need it most' are precisely those whose parents can't help — so traditional homework widens, not closes, the gap.