Bill Text: NY S09810 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits students from accessing their wireless communications devices on school property, unless authorized for classroom use; prohibits students from accessing social media platforms through the use of internet access provided by the school district, except when expressly directed to for class instruction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-09-25 - PRINT NUMBER 9810A [S09810 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09810-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9810

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 31, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the adoption
          of policies, procedures, and guidelines restricting the use of  smart-
          phones by students on school property

          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 2801-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 2801-c. Smartphone use restricted. 1. The governing board or body of
     4  every local educational agency shall, before the first  day  of  August,
     5  two  thousand  twenty-five,  adopt  policies, procedures, and guidelines
     6  restricting the use of smartphones by students on school property.
     7    2. The department shall, in collaboration  with  the  New  York  state
     8  council  of  school superintendents and the New York state school boards
     9  association, produce model guidelines that governing boards  and  bodies
    10  of  local educational agencies may use to inform their adoption of poli-
    11  cies, procedures, and guidelines restricting the use of  smartphones  by
    12  students on school property.
    13    3.  For  the purposes of this section, "smartphone" means a cell phone
    14  able to connect to the internet  and  that  enables  a  user  to  access
    15  content  on  the  internet  through applications, including social media
    16  applications.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    18  the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
    19  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    20  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
    21  to be made and completed on or before such effective date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15820-01-4