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Committee introduces RS 32‑321 to create voluntary mobile‑device policy grant fund for schools
Summary
The House Committee on Education introduced RS 32‑321, a proposal to create a voluntary mobile‑device policy fund offering $1,500 grants to schools that adopt evidence‑based "bell‑to‑bell" mobile device policies; the RS was introduced and sent to second reading with recorded opposition noted by several members.
Representative Chris Mathias told the House Committee on Education Feb. 12 that RS 32‑321 would preserve local control of mobile device policy while creating a small state fund to help districts implement so‑called bell‑to‑bell policies that restrict student use of personal mobile devices during instructional time.
Mathias said the RS does not require school districts to adopt a particular policy. Instead, it would create a School Mobile Device Policy Fund that makes one‑time grants—proposed at $1,500 per school—to districts that voluntarily implement an evidence‑based…
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