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Board opens state-mandated public comment on personal-device policy; DOE guidance, placeholder bills cited
Summary
The Brentwood board opened the required public comment period on a state-mandated personal communication device policy. Parents and a state policy participant urged stakeholder input; the SAU said the policy will incorporate teacher and student feedback and return for further review.
The Brentwood School Board opened public comment on a state-required personal communication device policy at its first meeting of the school year, hearing several speakers who urged continued stakeholder input as administrators draft a local policy.
Chair Duffy told the room the district was obliged to take comment: “we are required by state law to take public comment on the new personal communication device policy,” a duty several speakers said limits how much local change is possible because portions of the policy are…
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