Bill Text: NY S00812 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires school districts to develop a policy regulating the use of school-owned cell phones to include, but not be limited to, requiring that they be used only for school related purposes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S00812 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S00812-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 812 A. 521 2011-2012 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring public school districts to develop policies limiting the use of district- owned cellular phones 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 308-a 2 to read as follows: 3 S 308-A. POLICIES; CELLULAR PHONES. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED 4 AND DIRECTED TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DEVELOP A POLICY 5 REGULATING THE USE OF CELLULAR PHONES PURCHASED BY SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT 6 FOR USE BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL. SUCH POLICY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE 7 LIMITED TO, THE RESTRICTION OF SUCH CELLULAR PHONES TO USE BY SCHOOL 8 PERSONNEL ONLY AND ONLY FOR PURPOSES DIRECTLY RELATED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT 9 RELATED BUSINESS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SCHOOL PERSONNEL" 10 SHALL INCLUDE FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME FACULTY, STAFF, ADMINISTRATION, 11 AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED FROM TIME TO TIME 12 IN SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATED BUSINESS. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03733-01-1