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Hobbs board adopts wireless device policy to meet state law

Hobbs Municipal Schools Board · December 17, 2025
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Summary

The board adopted Policy JICJ, a wireless communication device policy introduced as the district’s third and final reading to comply with Senate Bill 11 (2025). Staff said the law requires districts to adopt a policy but does not prescribe specific rules; the board adopted the policy by voice vote.

The Hobbs Municipal Schools Board adopted Policy JICJ, the district’s wireless communication device policy, during its final reading, fulfilling requirements from Senate Bill 11 passed in the 2025 Legislature.

Staff told the board that Senate Bill 11 requires local education agencies to have a wireless‑device policy but does not specify the exact content of that policy. District leaders said they engaged a district coalition representing every campus to help draft the policy and planned a parallel update to the student handbook to reflect operational details.

After a brief opportunity for questions the board took a voice vote to adopt the policy. The transcript records members saying “Aye” and the chair confirming the motion carried; no roll‑call tally was recorded in the meeting transcript.

In presenting the item staff emphasized that many classrooms already operate under practices similar to those in the proposed policy (for example, teacher direction about when devices may be used) and that the coalition’s input shaped the policy language to fit local practice.

The board’s action establishes the district’s formal policy framework for wireless‑device use and delegates day‑to‑day implementation details to school leaders and the student handbook.