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New state cellphone law draws questions from Bedford school leaders and students about enforcement and carve‑outs
Summary
Following a New Hampshire law requiring districts to prohibit student personal communication devices during the instructional day, Bedford principals and students at the Aug. 11 meeting discussed implementation, carve-outs for medical or IEP needs, and practical enforcement, and the board scheduled a second reading and vote Aug. 20.
Bedford school leaders, board members and a student representative debated the district's planned cellphone policy at the Aug. 11 meeting after the superintendent presented language that aligns with a recent state law requiring districts to prohibit student personal communication devices from the start of the instructional day until dismissal.
Superintendent Mike Fournier told the board the law calls for a district policy that "shall prohibit all personal communication devices used by students from when the first bell rings to…
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