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House Education panel presses for phone-free schools language ahead of markup
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Members of the House Education Committee discussed H54, the "phone-free schools" bill, asked staff for draft statutory language and debated whether to leave details to the Agency of Education or put specific prohibitions in statute before a planned markup the next day.
May 8, 2025 — Members of the House Education Committee held a brief discussion on H54, the "phone-free schools" bill, and set a target to have draft language ready for a markup session the following day.
The committee discussed three possible approaches to regulating electronic devices and social media in schools: a statutory prohibition on phones at certain times, a ban on requiring students to use social media for instruction, and leaving broader rulemaking to the Agency of Education (AOE). Committee Member 1, House Education Committee member, said the committee had “sort of decided that the approach that the AOE…
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