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SVUSD adopts mobile-device policy for students, accepts nearly $52,000 in school gifts

Simi Valley Unified School District Board of Education · May 20, 2025
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Summary

Trustees adopted revised board policy 5131.8 requiring phones be off and away during instructional time for elementary and secondary levels and approved acceptance of gifts totaling $51,964.51 to support music, CTE, athletics and other programs.

The Simi Valley Unified School District board voted Tuesday to adopt a revised district policy on mobile communication devices and approved acceptance of more than $51,000 in gifts to support school programs.

The new policy, presented to trustees as a follow-up to prior survey work and stakeholder feedback, requires elementary and middle school students to keep phones…

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