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Board reviews first-read revisions to K—12 cell-phone policy required by state law

Oyster River Cooperative School District School Board · September 4, 2025
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Summary

The policy committee presented edits to expand the district's K—2 device policy to K—12 to comply with the state's HB2 "bell-to-bell" rule. Trustees flagged wording and definition issues (exceptions, terminology for "personally owned communication devices") and asked the committee to refine language before second read.

The board's policy committee presented a first-read revision to the districts personal-device policy to align with state legislation (HB2) that broadly restricts student use of phones during instructional time.

Committee members said the policy expands the existing K—2 language to K—12 and adopts a bell-to-bell standard in which…

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