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Board adopts Focus Act model language, updates internet and wireless policies
Summary
The Madison County Board of Education approved updated internet safety and wireless communication policies to incorporate Alabama's Focus Act model language that limits classroom cellphone use; the adoption followed staff presentations and association input and was approved by voice vote.
The Madison County Board of Education on July 17 approved updated Internet-safety and wireless-communication policies that incorporate the Focus Act model language intended to restrict classroom cellphone use. The board approved replacing the district's wireless-communication policy with the state model and folding the Focus Act requirements into the district's existing Internet and technology policy. Board approval matters because the Focus Act (described at the meeting as "Alabama's Freeing Our Classrooms of Unnecessary Screens for Safety Act") imposes new requirements for how districts regulate student wireless devices. Board members…
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