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Ponca City schools prepare policies as several new state laws take effect
Summary
School leaders described multiple new state laws and said the district will present policies and procedures this summer on cell-phone restrictions, employee reporting requirements, SRO authority, teacher pay programs and graduation/attendance rules.
The Ponca City Public Schools superintendent told the school board that several new state laws will require the district to adopt or revise policies before the 2025–26 school year, including a statewide student cell-phone restriction, new reporting requirements for employee misconduct and changes affecting school resource officers and teacher compensation programs.
District leaders said they will present a cell-phone policy next month to comply with the new law and that the policy will include only two exceptions — emergencies and documented medical devices such as diabetes monitors. The superintendent said the law places enforcement responsibility on building administrators and asked principals to align procedures pre‑K through 12 to avoid inconsistent…
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