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Education Department backs bill requiring districts to adopt smart‑device rules for schools
Summary
The State Department of Education told the legislature it supports House Bill 6923, which would require local districts to adopt policies restricting student use of smart devices during instructional time while leaving details to districts.
The State Department of Education told the legislature on the record that it supports House Bill 6923, which would require local and regional boards of education to adopt policies limiting students’ in‑class use of smart devices.
The department’s written testimony and officials at the public hearing said the bill intends to make local adoption of tech‑use policies universal but preserve local control over the details. “The department is supportive as House Bill 6923, an act concerning the use of smart devices in schools,” Commissioner Charlene Russell‑Tucker told members of the Education Committee.
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