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Board discusses student handbook, cellphone rules and juvenile interrogation policy; staff to review changes
Summary
Board members debated removing a sentence permitting teacher/principal permission for instructional cellphone use and raised concerns about juvenile interrogations referenced in policy 6.303; staff were asked to research policy changes ahead of kindergarten registration in March.
Board members discussed revisions to the student handbook and two discipline-related board policies during the consent-agenda discussion at the Tipton County Board of Education meeting.
Board member Ms. Eubanks asked to pull the 2025-26 student handbook from the consent agenda to consider removing a sentence under multimedia-device rules that allows students to use personal devices for instructional purposes with teacher or principal permission. Board members and staff noted that…
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