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Board reviews cellphone policy language, asks sites to harmonize school-level rules
Summary
District staff told trustees the board's current policy language meets the state Phone-Free Schools Act; administrators said most campuses are already implementing clear, school-level rules and the board asked sites to align practices across grade levels rather than adopt a novel district-wide regulatory approach.
The Amador County Unified School District board reviewed its updated cellphone policy language and discussed how site administrators are implementing school‑level rules under the new state law.
District staff presented Board Policy 5131.8 and explained that the district had adopted model language supplied by the California School Boards Association to comply with the Phone‑Free Schools Act (AB 3216) and Education Code requirements (including Ed. Code §48901.7). Staff said the district language requires mobile devices to be turned off during instructional time while preserving exceptions in the Education Code for emergencies, medically required use and teacher‑granted permission.
"By 07/01/2026 all school districts must develop, adopt and update every five years a policy to limit or prohibit…
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