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NEISD adopts minimum cell-phone rules for instructional time, lets campuses set stricter rules
Summary
The board approved FNCE(Local), which sets a district minimum that phones must be powered off and out of sight during instructional time; principals may adopt stricter local rules for passing periods and lunch.
The Northeast Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 7-0 to adopt an updated FNCE(Local) policy that sets district minimum expectations for student cell-phone and personal communication-device use. Administration presented the update as required by House Bill 1481 and said the policy aims to balance student safety, instructional time and parental needs. Dr. Micah described examples where parents rely on direct phone contact for health and safety reasons and asked principals to account for individual student circumstances…
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