Bill Text: VA SB28 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: School boards; powers and duties, policies regarding cell phones and other handheld devices.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-06 - Left in Education [SB28 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-SB28-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 28 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled December 11, 2023 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-79.5:1, relating to school boards; powers and duties; policies regarding cell phones and other handheld communication devices. ---------- Patron-- Stanley ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-79.5:1 as follows:

§22.1-79.5:1. Policies regarding cell phones and other handheld communication devices.

Each school board may develop and implement a policy to prohibit the possession or use of cell phones and other handheld communication devices during regular school hours.