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New state rules — cellphone ban and virtual-day limits — and election legislation discussed at Bixby board meeting
Summary
At the Bixby Board of Education meeting on May 8, district staff summarized recent state actions that will affect local policy: a one-year statewide "bell-to-bell" cellphone ban for 2025–26, a two-day limit on preapproved virtual days, and ongoing legislation about election timing and certain State Board rules.
At the Bixby Board of Education meeting on May 8, district staff summarized several recent state-level actions and pending bills the board will need to implement or monitor.
The superintendent's report noted the governor signed a ban on student cellphone use "from bell to bell" for the 2025-26 school year; staff said the law applies to all grade levels and is written as a one-year ban, after which local districts may modify policy. "So that is now long that cell phones will be banned from bell to bell for the 2526 school year, and that's all grade levels," staff said. The district plans to update local policy, which currently covers grades through grade 9, to extend the restriction to grades 10–12 for the coming year.
Another law passed, Senate Bill…
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