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Beacon superintendent outlines implementation plan for state cell-phone restriction, summer training and policy timeline
Summary
Superintendent Matt reported on summer professional development, curriculum work and steps to implement a new state law requiring studentsto store phones during the school day; the district will survey families and staff, may use lockers if state funding for pouches is not provided, and aims to adopt code-of-conduct changes by July 21.
Superintendent Matt gave the Board of Education a summer update on professional development, curriculum work and the district's plan to implement a new state law that will require students to store personal cell phones for the entire school day.
Matt said the district will survey students and families this week to gather input on implementation details and will hold a policy committee meeting before proposing code-of-conduct changes. "The cell phone restriction law begins next year. Phones have to be stored away the entire day," Matt said, adding that the district has already prepared many policy shifts and expects only minor edits to the…
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