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Committee approves amendments to bill restricting student device use, requires policy in handbooks
Summary
A legislative committee approved amendments to Senate Bill 2354 to tighten school rules on student electronic devices, require districts to explain the policy to families and include it in student and personnel handbooks; the measure advanced on a 13-1 vote.
A committee of state representatives voted to advance Senate Bill 2354 after adopting amendments that tighten where and how students may keep electronic devices during instructional time and require districts to explain the policy to families.
The amendment, offered by Representative Schreiber Beck, clarified device language so that devices must be "turned off securely, stowed away and inaccessible to students during instructional time." The reworked language…
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