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A06547 Summary:

BILL NOA06547 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBenedetto

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Requires school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, charter schools and nonpublic schools to establish cellphone policies and procedures; requires the establishment of a committee to develop such policies and procedures; requires such policies and procedures to be individually tailored to specific school environments.

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BILL NOA06547 

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03/06/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6547

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school
 districts to establish cellphone policies and procedures

 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 409-o
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 409-o. Cellphone policies and procedures. 1. The board of education
 4 or trustees of every school district or, in the case of the city school
 5 district of New York, the chancellor, and every board of cooperative
 6 educational services, charter school and nonpublic school within the
 7 state shall establish a committee to develop policies and procedures for
 8 the use of cellphones by students during school hours and shall imple-
 9 ment such policies and procedures in their respective school district,
 10 board of cooperative educational services, charter school, or nonpublic
 11 school.
 12 2. The committee required pursuant to subdivision one of this section
 13 shall be comprised of representatives of the school district, board of
 14 cooperative educational services, or school and other interested parties
 15 and shall include, but need not be limited to: the superintendent of the
 16 district; principals; teachers; students; parents; and representatives
 17 of any teachers' union which has members working in such school
 18 district, board of cooperative educational services, or school.
 19 3. The policies and procedures required pursuant to subdivision one of
 20 this section shall be individually tailored to specific school environ-
 21 ments and may, but shall not be required to, include: strategies for
 22 in-class cellphone storage, designated areas outside of classrooms for
 23 cellphone use, fair and transparent consequences for violations of such
 24 policies and procedures, and uniform enforcement of violations. When
 25 developing cellphone policies and procedures, committees shall take into

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10138-01-5

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 1 consideration the thoughts and concerns of representatives of the school
 2 district, board of cooperative educational services, or school and other
 3 interested parties, including students, parents of students, teachers
 4 and school administrators.
 5 4. The policies and procedures required pursuant to subdivision one of
 6 this section shall be established and implemented prior to the start of
 7 the two thousand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six academic year.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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