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Bay Shore holds first read of new state-mandated bell-to-bell personal device policy
Summary
The district presented a first read of a new policy implementing Governor Hochul’s budget requirement that restricts student personal electronic device use from bell to bell; the board discussed grade-level storage approaches, exceptions and enforcement and scheduled a second read.
The Bay Shore Union Free School District presented a first read May 28 of a new personal electronic devices policy required by recent state legislation attributed to Governor Kathy Hochul’s budget enactment. The district assembled an implementation team and described grade-level rules, exceptions and enforcement options ahead of a scheduled second reading.
The policy, described in the meeting as the newly required NISPA policy received only days earlier, would implement a bell-to-bell restriction on personal smartphones, tablets and internet‑connected smartwatches during the school day across classrooms, cafeterias, hallways and school grounds. A…
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