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Board considers limiting BYOD to high school students and adopting signed agreement
Summary
District staff proposed restricting Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) privileges to grades 9–12 and requiring a signed BYOD agreement; staff cited data showing few middle-school BYOD users and improved classroom outcomes after prior cell-phone policy changes.
School officials asked the board to revise the district’s student personal-device procedures for the 2025–26 school year to limit BYOD privileges to students in grades 9–12 and require every participating student to sign a BYOD agreement.
Staff described a year of feedback and data from the district’s earlier cell-phone policy change and said classroom incidents and failed classes decreased over the year. Presenter (speaker 5) said middle-school BYOD use was low (four middle-school students last year) and that limiting BYOD to grades 9–12 would better align access with students’ readiness and instructional needs.
The proposed BYOD agreement would specify that devices are for learning purposes, outline prohibited uses and list consequences for misuse. Staff said the agreement would mirror elements already used for school-issued iPads and would include expectations for students, parents and teachers.
Board members asked clarifying questions, and staff said they would prepare the formal BYOD agreement language for final board action. The transcript records a motion to approve the policy changes but does not show the final roll-call vote in the provided excerpt.
Next steps: staff to draft the BYOD agreement text and present final policy language and implementation procedures to the board for adoption.
