HB81 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Pebblin W. Warren Representative

Democrat

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Public K-12 education; State Board of Education required to adopt model student cell phone use policy, local boards of education required to adopt cell phone use and storage policy

Description

Under existing law, local boards of education have the authority to adopt local policies relating to pocket pagers, cellular telephones, and other electronic communication devices.

This bill would require the State Board of Education to adopt a model policy restricting the possession and use of cell phones and other electronic communication devices in public K-12 classrooms, with some exceptions.

This bill would require the state board's model policy to include a discipline scale that levies a fine against students who continually possess or use a cell phone in violation of the model policy.

This bill would also require each local board of education to adopt a policy relating to the use and storage of electronic communication devices based on that model policy.

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Subjects

Education