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District surveys show mixed perceptions after phone-policy rollout; TEA guidance awaited
Summary
After a January rollout of revised personal electronic device guidelines, Belton ISD officials reported teachers largely viewed the policy as reducing instructional distractions, students were less convinced, and the district is awaiting TEA model language before finalizing some details.
Belton ISD administrators reported on the district's first semester of implementing revised personal electronic communication device (PED) guidelines and shared survey results at the July 21 board meeting. Mike Morgan summarized feedback from five stakeholder groups (teachers, parents, secondary students, principals, and administrators). He said teachers reported the strongest sense that the policy reduced instructional distractions (about 81% agreed), while a majority of…
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