John (staff member) told the Iroquois Central School District board that state officials have reached an "agreement in principle" that would provide free breakfast and lunch for all K–12 students in New York and include a bell-to-bell ban on student use of smart devices starting in September 2025.

John said the state has not released all the terms and the district does not yet know how the policies will be implemented. "They have no terms on a lot of the important issues, and we don't know the exact details. They're still working on those right now. But included in that is good news for district where they're indicated, there'll be free breakfast and lunch for all k to 12 students, in our district," he said.

At the same meeting John summarized what officials told the district about the device rule and the district's discretion under forthcoming guidance. He said the state "have a planned place to do a veil to bell band on student use of smart devices, and that's for all schools, all charter schools, folks use across the board," and later added that the law "says every school district has to implement a bell to bell ban, but they get the decision on x, y, and z. Or they might say you have to do a ban, and you have no decisions on your end." The district said it is awaiting the final written guidance before recommending any local policy changes.

Board members and staff also discussed possible effects on the district budget. John said the state aid changes were not yet finalized; he reported an amount referenced in the meeting as "37,037,000,000 in school aid" but said the state had not provided the detailed terms. He said the district is planning its budget as previously presented and does not expect to change its May budget proposal based on the preliminary information the state has provided: "So we don't see any changes in our budget that we're putting forth with voters in May."

The board did not take any formal action on the state guidance at the meeting. Staff said further policy work will be required once the state releases details and that the district will provide updates as more information becomes available.