Legislation - HB0630

Title: County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)
Sponsored by: Delegates Boafo, Grammer, Holmes, Kaufman, Lehman, Mangione, McComas, Pasteur, Patterson, Pena-Melnyk, Phillips, Schindler, Taylor, Tomlinson, Vogel, and Wims
Status: In the House - First Reading Ways and Means
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Synopsis

Requiring each county board of education to develop and implement, not later than the 2026-2027 school year, a policy limiting the use of a cellular phone by a student during the school day; and prohibiting the policy from restricting a student's use of a cellular phone for any purpose documented in the student's individualized education program, to monitor or address a student's documented health issue, during an emergency event, or when directed by an educator or administrator for educational purposes.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0368

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/23/2025 Legislative Date 1/23/2025 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act) Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/23/2025	1/23/2025	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)

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