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Senate adopts school-safety measure requiring incident reporting and limiting student cell phone use; sunset added
Summary
The Missouri Senate adopted a substitute for Senate Bill 68 that requires schools to report safety incidents to the state education department and permits school districts to enforce "bell-to-bell" restrictions on student personal electronic devices. Senators added a sunset amendment to revisit the cellphone policy in 2032.
The Missouri Senate on the floor adopted a substitute for Senate Bill 68 that requires school districts to report certain safety incidents to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and sets statewide expectations for policies governing student use of personal electronic devices during the school day.
Under the adopted language, DESE will maintain a database of reported school-safety incidents and credible threats. Records that do not include personally identifiable student…
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