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Board adopts bell‑to‑bell student cell‑phone ban and exemption rule
Summary
The board immediately adopted policy JFCEB and its administrative rule JFCEB‑AR, implementing a bell‑to‑bell student cell‑phone ban with a 504-based medical exemption process; staff said high-school implementation is the largest lift.
The Cascade Board of Education voted to immediately adopt board policy JFCEB (personal electronic devices) and the associated administrative rule (JFCEB‑AR) that lays out an exemption process for students with documented medical needs. The policy follows a governor’s executive order and is implemented as a bell‑to‑bell ban at the high school, with administrative procedures for documented exceptions such as 504 plans.
Board members heard from administrators that most K–8 schools already restrict phones and that the high school required the most implementation work. An administrative rule allows students with documented medical needs (for example, Type 1 diabetes) to request an exception through an established 504 process. The chair confirmed the resolution required and received the board’s unanimous support for immediate adoption.
