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Superintendent: governor guidance will require tweaking district cell-phone policy to 'bell to bell' standard
Summary
The superintendent told the board recent governor guidance would require tightening the district's cell-phone policy to apply 'bell to bell' and to remove in-school suspension as an automatic punishment; the board set a policy-committee meeting to craft an amendment.
The superintendent briefed the board on recent state guidance that narrows allowable cell-phone use in schools and urged a summer policy-committee meeting to amend the district policy to comply. "The governor had come out... that basically says that it needs to be bell to bell," the superintendent said, summarizing the directive that would limit phone use across the school day and not only during instructional time.
He said the district's existing policy will need a small amendment because the governor's guidance removes in-school suspension as an approved penalty for phone possession or use in non-instructional settings. The superintendent proposed that the policy committee meet over the summer to complete two readings in order to meet the state's timeline; members agreed to circulate availability and to prepare for a quick second reading if necessary.
