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Committee endorses statewide bell‑to‑bell phone baseline, preserves local exceptions
Summary
After extensive debate and public comment, the Education Committee recommended SB 69 (first substitute), which sets a statewide baseline prohibiting student use of cell phones and similar devices during school hours with narrow statewide exceptions and broad district authority to add local exceptions. A substitute motion to allow parental opt‑outs failed.
Senator Fillmore presented SB 69 (first substitute), arguing the state should set the default school‑day policy at zero device use and then allow districts and schools to add carefully crafted exceptions. "The state policy regarding these devices in schools ought to be at 0," he said, explaining that districts would be empowered to adopt local policies and add…
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