Beginning with the 2025-26 school year, Missouri law (Senate Bill 68 https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/pdf-bill/tat/SB68.pdf pages 62-64) prohibits students from using or displaying electronic personal communication devices from the beginning until the end of the school day, including, but not limited to, during instructional time, meal times, breaks, time between classes and study halls.
The majority of our students have already been following this policy. However, procedures will look different in each building.
The law defines an "electronic personal communications device" as a portable device that is used to initiate, receive, store, or view communication, information, images, or data electronically. Prohibited devices include, but are not limited to, cell phones, smart watches, smart glasses, wireless earbuds/headphones, tablets, and personal laptops. All student phones and devices will now need to be stored for the entire school day. In each school building that will look a little different and more details will be communicated on how that looks by each building principal. More details regarding enforcement and consequences of violating the district’s electronic devices policy will also be communicated directly from building principals.
Exceptions to the policy may be granted on an individual basis. Please contact your building administrator for more details.
We look forward to your support as we implement these new policy/procedural changes.
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