SB 185 - Requires Schools Establish a Policy to Prohibit Cell Phone Use During Class - Indiana Key Vote
Vernon Smith voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- March 11, 2024
- House Bill Passed
- Feb. 20, 2024
- Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 30, 2024
- Introduced
- Jan. 9, 2024
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Title: Requires Schools Establish a Policy to Prohibit Cell Phone Use During Class
Signed by Governor Eric Holcomb
Title: Requires Schools Establish a Policy to Prohibit Cell Phone Use During Class
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires school districts and charter schools to create a policy prohibiting cellphones during instructional time.
Highlights:
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Authorizes each school corporation and charter school to adopt a wireless communication device policy that (Sec. 1):
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Prohibits students from using wireless communication devices during instructional time;
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Authorizes a teacher to allow students to use wireless communication decease for educational purposes; or
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Permits a student to use a wireless communication divide in the case of an emergency.
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Establishes that students are excused from this prohibition if the use of the wireless communication device for the student is used to help promote an individual education program (Sec. 1).
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Requires each school corporation and charter school to publish on their website their policies for wireless communication (Sec. 1).
Title: Requires Schools Establish a Policy to Prohibit Cell Phone Use During Class
Title: Requires Schools Establish a Policy to Prohibit Cell Phone Use During Class