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District plans local cellphone rules while awaiting state guidance on proposed ban
Summary
Superintendent Hockrider told the board the district will develop local policy and regulations in parallel with the state’s pending bell-to-bell cellphone policy; the district has formed a task force and plans communications and code-of-conduct alignment.
Superintendent Hockrider briefed the Board of Education on May 8 that the district will prepare local rules for student smartphone use while awaiting final state guidance tied to the governor’s initiative to make New York a bell-to-bell cellphone-free state.
Hockrider said district staff attended the state unveiling and that three Albany High School students participated in the state event and supported the concept. He cautioned that the state budget and guidance documents remain incomplete…
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