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Nyssa School District 26 board adopts new student cell-phone policy to meet governor's directive
Summary
The Nyssa School District 26 board voted to delete its existing student cell-phone policy and adopt a new policy requested by Governor Kotek; the motion passed by voice vote at the October meeting. The change must be implemented by Jan. 1 per the governor's guidance.
The Nyssa School District 26 board voted to delete the district's current student cell-phone policy and adopt a new policy requested by Governor Tina Kotek, the board chair announced during the meeting.
The chair asked for a motion to delete the existing policy and accept the proposed replacement; a board member moved the action and a student-elected ASB representative seconded. After a voice vote, the chair declared the motion carried. Individual roll-call votes were not recorded in the public transcript.
Board members framed the vote as an implementation of a state-level directive. The motion's text, as stated in the meeting, was to "delete the current policy and accept the new ones" and to have the district ready by the governor's January 1 deadline. The board set a schedule for policy review: the policy updates are posted in the district's shared drive and will receive a second reading at the November work session before finalization.
The adoption was procedural in the meeting record: there was no extended debate on the specifics of the classroom implementation or disciplinary consequences recorded in the discussion. The transcript shows the board handled the change by motion and voice vote during new-business items.
What happens next: staff will include the proposed policy updates in the November work session for a second reading and any recommended edits will be incorporated prior to final implementation and posting.
