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HCISD board committee clears revision to phone-use policy to comply with Texas House Bill 1481
Summary
Trustees received a first-reading revision to policy FNCE (local) implementing House Bill 1481: students may not use personal communication devices during the instructional day; administrative guidelines and student-code consequences will be codified and returned to the board.
The Harlingen CISD Board committee considered and later moved to approve a revision to policy FNCE (local) to implement new state law regarding personal communication devices.
Debbie Scoggin presented the policy changes, saying, "House Bill 1481 requires school districts to prohibit student use of personal communication devices at school during the school day." The proposed local policy language states that "a student shall not use a personal…
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