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Committee adopts substitute covering phone/device use and local policy control; districts given latitude on instructional exceptions
Summary
The committee adopted a substitute that rolls together House Bills 408, 306 and 854 and includes language giving local school boards control to define when devices may be used for instructional purposes; the committee adopted amendments and voted the substitute "do pass."
The House Committee on Elementary and Secondary Education adopted a committee substitute for House Bills 408, 306 and 854 that governs student device and cell-phone use during instructional time and clarifies authority for local policy.
The nut graf: the substitute preserves local control by allowing school boards to define "instructional time" and to decide whether…
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