Boulton board adopts state‑required student cell‑phone policy, officials say regulation will follow

Boulton Board of Education members voted unanimously to approve an updated student cell‑phone policy aimed at meeting a state deadline and a governor’s order requiring districts to adopt such policies by Aug. 1. The board approved the policy under action 6.02; the vote was recorded as 6–0–0.

The policy sets core rules — for example, that students must put devices away — while the board directed administrators to adopt a separate regulation that will spell out how the rule is enforced. Superintendent Doug (last name not specified in the transcript) told the board the administration plans to post the finalized regulation on the district website and submit it to the state to “be in compliance and meeting that deadline.”

Why it matters: the policy implements a…