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Howard County Board reviews first months of stricter student personal-device rules, recommends continued enforcement
Summary
After three months of the revised personal-device policy, staff reported fewer confiscations and mixed feedback from students, parents and administrators; an advisory group recommended keeping the policy as adopted and improving implementation and data collection.
The Howard County Board of Education on June 26 reviewed the first three months of its revised student personal-device policy, which went into effect March 3, and the advisory work group recommended the district maintain the policy while strengthening consistent implementation and data collection.
Board members heard a presentation from Brian Bassett, director of communications and engagement and chair of the advisory work group, who said the district collected more than 8,000 survey responses in the spring and about 4,000 device confiscations were recorded systemwide between March 3 and the end of the school year on June 18.
The advisory group reported that parents and teachers were generally supportive of the policy, while students were less supportive and administrators were mixed. Bassett…
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