Bill > HB882

Introduced Session

Department of Education; model policy on student cell phone use during instructional time; local adoption. Requires the Department of Education to develop, adopt, and distribute to each school board a model policy whereby public elementary and secondary school students are prohibited from possessing or using personal cell phones or other personal handheld communication devices during instructional time at school. The bill requires the Department, in developing and adopting such model policy, to seek to balance the interests of students' academic achievement, cognitive development, safety, and general well-being and permits the Department to include appropriate exceptions in extraordinary circumstances such as emergency situations or situations involving the need to contact the student's parents. The bill requires each school board to develop and adopt a policy that is consistent with such model policy adopted by the Department.

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Mark Earley (R)*,  Mike Cherry (R),  Chad Green (R),  Ian Lovejoy (R),  Hillary Pugh Kent (R),  Wendell Walker (R), 

Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote (on 02/05/2024)

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