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Piedmont board adopts bell-to-bell ban on student personal electronic devices to comply with new state law
Summary
The Piedmont School District board voted to adopt a revised personal electronic device policy to comply with a recently signed state law imposing a bell-to-bell ban; administrators outlined tiered consequences, quarterly resets to limit absenteeism impacts and plans for handbook language on athletics and transitions.
The Piedmont School District board voted to adopt a revised personal electronic device (PED) policy to comply with a newly signed state law that bans student cell-phone use from the first bell to dismissal.
Administrators told the board the policy mirrors the statute’s bell-to-bell language and includes tiered consequences aimed at changing behavior rather than immediately removing students from class. Mark (district staff) outlined the proposed discipline sequence: “our first offense … will…
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