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Laguna Beach board tightens mobile-device policy after lengthy debate, adopts AB language
Summary
Trustees adopted an amended mobile communication-device policy (BP 5131.8) that inserts statutory language about phones'harms (cyberbullying, pupil performance, teen anxiety). The board voted on a sub-motion to revise the introduction and then adopted the amended policy at second reading.
The Laguna Beach Unified School District board approved a revised student mobile communication-device policy, BP 5131.8, at its Sept. 11 meeting after trustees amended the introductory language to echo statutory language describing harms associated with unrestricted smartphone use.
The contested change came as Trustee Sherry Morgan moved to replace a general reference to "emotional well-being and academic performance" with language drawn from the Assembly bill that itemizes harms including interference with the…
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