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Bay County School Board adopts bell-to-bell ban on student wireless devices
Summary
The Bay County School Board adopted policy 51.36 after a public hearing, extending a state-directed restriction to include high schools and making devices off and put away from the start to the end of the school day.
The Bay County School Board on July 22 adopted policy 51.36, a “bell-to-bell” rule that requires students K–12 to turn off and stow wireless devices from the start of the school day to its end, with limited exceptions for teacher-directed instructional use.
The policy returned to the board after a 30-day advertising period required for revision. Superintendent McQueen told the board the language mirrors policies several large Florida districts have used for the past two…
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