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Elko County School District board approves new policy limiting student use of personal electronic devices
Summary
The Elko County School District Board of Trustees approved revised policy JDBA governing student possession and use of personal electronic devices, adding exceptions for health and emergency use and directing site-level consistency and a new discipline matrix.
The Elko County School District Board of Trustees voted to approve revisions to policy JDBA, the student-discipline rule that governs use and possession of personal electronic devices on district property.
The policy update, presented to the board as a second reading, clarifies when devices may be used on campus, adds a citation to Nevada law (NRS) at the top of the policy document, and emphasizes consistent, site-level enforcement guided by building handbooks and a new discipline matrix. The board approved the motion without recorded roll-call counts; the chair announced the motion passed.
Board members and staff said the revisions responded to concerns that the prior language could be interpreted as a perpetual, campuswide ban. The revised policy narrows the…
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