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Committee approves school‑phone restrictions in SB 68 after rejecting fee proposal
Summary
The committee removed use of school‑safety grant funds for cell‑phone storage, debated a proposal to allow schools to charge a modest storage fee, then rejected that fee while passing the bill as amended 21‑3.
The Ways and Means Committee voted to strip language authorizing use of secured school‑safety grant dollars to purchase cell‑phone storage systems and then debated a companion amendment that would have allowed districts to charge a nominal fee to cover storage costs.
Chair introduced an amendment removing secured grant use for phone‑storage purchases and took that by consent. Representative Delaney proposed a follow‑up amendment permitting districts to impose…
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