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House education committee introduces bill asking districts to adopt classroom cellphone bans
Summary
The Idaho House Committee on Education voted to introduce RS32063, a representative-sponsored request sheet asking school districts to adopt local cellphone policies that, at minimum, ban wireless device use during academic instruction. The measure preserves local control and sets an August 1 deadline for districts to adopt policies.
The Idaho House Committee on Education on Feb. 13 voted to introduce RS32063, a request sheet from Rep. Jaren Crane that would ask school districts to adopt written cellphone and wireless-device policies that, at minimum, prohibit the use of wireless electronic communication devices in classrooms during periods of academic instruction.
Crane, R-Nampa, told the committee the one-paragraph proposal mirrors a South Carolina policy and would require school boards to approve any adopted policy and include it…
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