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Education committee hears testimony on HB 2421, a statewide ban on personal devices during school hours
Summary
The Committee on Education took testimony on HB 2421, which would bar personally owned electronic communication devices during school hours (class, passing periods and lunch), restrict employee social‑media contact with students, and require districts to certify policies and report student screen time; witnesses debated safety, logistics and a cited $13.4M fiscal impact.
The Committee on Education heard extensive testimony on House Bill 2421, a proposed law that would prohibit students from using personally owned electronic communication devices while at school during school hours and would restrict two‑way social‑media contact between school employees and students.
Nick Myers summarized the proposal: Section 1 would ban personal devices during classroom time, passing periods and lunch and exclude school‑issued devices; Section 2 would require districts to prohibit employees from privately or directly communicating with students via social‑media platforms while allowing approved one‑way broadcast uses; Section 3 would require governing bodies to…
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