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District to implement state-mandated 'bell-to-bell' cell phone ban; policy, code-of-conduct hearing set

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Superintendent McCoy notified the board that Governor Hochul's executive budget includes a bell-to-bell cell-phone ban starting 2025–26; the district will place a policy and a code-of-conduct public hearing on the July 1 agenda and must approve policy by Aug. 1.

Superintendent McCoy told the board on June 2 that the 2025 executive budget language from Governor Hochul includes a “bell-to-bell” ban on student cell-phone use beginning in the 2025–26 school year, and that the district must adopt a policy to implement the requirement.

McCoy said the budget language was released late,…

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