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Muscle Shoals board adopts Focus Act-driven cell-phone ban, updates internet-safety policy and 2025–26 handbooks
Summary
At its June 24 meeting the Muscle Shoals City Schools Board of Education approved amendments to district policy 6.2 (electronic communication devices) and policy 4.09 (internet safety and technology use) and adopted changes to the 2025–26 student handbooks to comply with the Alabama Focus Act.
Muscle Shoals City Schools Board of Education on June 24 approved amendments to district policies that implement the Alabama legislature's new Focus Act and adopted related changes to the 2025–26 student handbooks.
Superintendent Dr. Holden told the board the Focus Act requires the district "by July to adopt a new cell phone policy." He described the law’s required measure as effectively a ban: "They call it a cell phone ban, if you will." The board voted to amend policy 6.2 on electronic communication…
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