Public K-12 schools, cell phone policy and Internet/social media safety

What it does: This act: (1) prohibits any public K-12 student from using or possessing any wireless communication device on school grounds during the instructional day, with exceptions; (2) requires each local board of education to adopt a wireless communication device policy and an Internet safety policy; (3) requires the Department of Education to assess compliance with this act and local wireless communication device policies via a survey, the results of which must be published. (official summary)

Question before the chamber: Third Reading in House of Origin

Read the official record ↗