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Board hears state legislative update: classroom cell-phone restrictions advancing; property-tax elimination petition gathering signatures
Summary
At its May 19 meeting the board received a legislative report noting a state bill limiting student cell-phone use during instructional hours has passed the Senate and moved to the House, and that an initiative to eliminate property taxes has cleared an Attorney General review and is seeking roughly 400,000 signatures to reach the fall ballot.
During the board's legislative update on May 19 a board liaison reported two pending statewide developments that could affect Monroe Local.
First, the liaison said a bill that would restrict student cell-phone use had passed the state Senate and moved to the House; the language was reported to limit cell-phone bans to instructional hours rather than the entire school day. The presenter noted Monroe Local already has a policy addressing phones and said Ohio Governor…
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