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Port Washington committee readies district plan to implement state ban on Internet-enabled devices during school day
Summary
The Policy & Personnel Committee reviewed a draft policy to comply with New York State Education Law 2803, discussed exceptions and enforcement steps, and recommended bringing the device-policy language to the full board for a first reading ahead of the August 1 deadline.
The Port Washington Union Free School District—ommittee on Policy & Personnel reviewed a draft policy to implement New York State Education Law 2803 that restricts studentsuse of Internet-enabled personal devices during the school day and recommended the provision be placed on the board genda for a first reading.
Committee members spent most of the meeting discussing scope, exceptions and enforcement. The draft defines covered devices using the statute nd applies the ban bell-to-bell during the defined school day (for the high school the committee discussed 8:05 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.; elementary schedules follow their usual arrival-to-dismissal times). The draft also distinguishes district-issued instructional devices (for…
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