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A00770 Summary:

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Requires school districts to adopt a policy prohibiting the use of cellular telephones during classroom instruction; requires the department of education to adopt a model policy for use by school districts.

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01/08/2025referred to education

12/08/2025enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 770

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school
 districts to adopt a policy prohibiting the use of cellular telephones
 during classroom instruction

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2801-c
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 2801-c. Cellular telephone policy. 1. The department shall, no later
 4 than December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, create and
 5 publish, and update every five years, a model policy that school
 6 districts may utilize in their adoption of a policy to prohibit the use
 7 of cellular telephones by students during classroom instruction. The
 8 development of the model policy shall involve significant stakeholder
 9 participation including students, parents, and educators in the state.
 10 The model policy may also include enforcement mechanisms that limit
 11 access to cellular telephones. Such model policy shall provide
 12 exceptions to the prohibition of cellular telephones, including but not
 13 limited to:
 14 a. in the case of an emergency, or in response to a perceived threat
 15 of danger;
 16 b. when a teacher or administrator of the school district grants
 17 permission to a student to possess or use a cellular telephone, subject
 18 to any reasonable limitation imposed by that teacher or administrator;
 19 c. when a licensed physician determines that the possession or use of
 20 a cellular telephone is necessary for the health or well-being of the
 21 student; and
 22 d. when the possession or use of a cellular telephone is required in a
 23 student's individualized education program.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00655-01-5

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 1 2. No later than July first, two thousand twenty-six, the board of
 2 education or the trustees, as defined in section two of this chapter, of
 3 every school district within the state, however created, and the chan-
 4 cellor of the city school district of the city of New York shall adopt,
 5 and update every five years, a district policy prohibiting the use of
 6 cellular telephones by students during classroom instruction. Such
 7 district policy shall be an adoption or modification of the model policy
 8 developed by the department pursuant to subdivision one of this section.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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