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Board discusses state bills on student device use and plans Parent Academy on phones and digital wellbeing
Summary
Board members reviewed pending state legislation regulating student device use and previewed a district Parent Academy of sessions on Envision Math, phonics, executive functioning and phone/social-media use; the board emphasized a measured, locally tailored approach rather than sweeping legislated mandates.
On Oct. 21 the Rutherford Board of Education discussed several state bills and the district's plan for a Parent Academy aimed at helping families and staff manage student device use and executive-functioning skills.
Miss Jones summarized recent legislative activity, noting multiple bills in the Senate and Assembly that would establish distraction-management features and policies governing cell-phone use and social media in schools (she referenced a bill number spoken in the…
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