So this is um as chair alt mentioned personal electronic communications devices and cell phones. Um moving through it uh listed at number 524. Uh you know we started with the MSBA model policy. Um and then worked with school administrators who had been working with their school community since I think last June around how to operationalize some of the new legislation.

I just think about you know a closed purse or handbag. is do all students actually carry backpacks these days? You referring to E F.

So, our administrative team really felt like um the the essence of that that U model policy language around turned off. Um the intent was for it to be non-disruptive and, you know, away from um instruction and all that was meant to be. They they had real concerns about how to um enforce that policy language that they don't have the resources nor the wherewithal to uh differentiate if something's turned off or silenced and shuttered.

So, my my other question related is just thinking ahead, these sorts of things tend to evolve over time. Um, so given that this is so explicitly laid out in this policy, are we talking about it's going to have to come back to the policy committee every time a school has a an adjustment to their administration of this?

So we actually looked at the middle schools looked at what's the name of the yonder. Yonder pouches. gone to those similar to events where you um have a device on the wall. Students each have their own p pouch and then um they they lock their phone in their pouch and then uh the teacher would put that kind of apparatus on the wall and students would unlock it at the end of the day or whenever there's no program. They did bet that a little bit. looking at, you know, for our 612, we're looking at about $150,000 of launch money is and then about $20,000 of annual upkeep and maintenance for a a system like that. So, um, no, cost wasn't the only factor. We did a deep dive into that.

I mean, I hear what you're saying about um th also we have what, eight elementary schools. So I think we brought up at the at the when we had the full board meeting conversation about this and wanting to make sure that if you go to Gideon Pond or Sky Oaks or Harry Bishop your point you've got the same policy in place. So having consistency across the grade levels regardless of which elementary school you're going to or which middle school you're going to. Yeah.

We originally um enter we originally had um our approach was to embed that cell phone policy from statute uh or that requirement from statute into this policy. But um taking a new approach means we could probably for the sake of redundancy or avoiding redundancy pull out uh that language from this specific one.

So that um that comes from so is the suggestion to shift that with uh into our new policy as well. Well, I was going to say we have model language in 524 under section 6 exceptions that we could just lift out of that policy and put it in here.

Yeah, this paragraph is literally from statute. It is my understanding. So, I think that's why she wanted to include it. I think you're bringing up a good question I would ask her. Is is it more appropriate to cross ref I think we should just cross reference it with 524.

Really, it's just a MSBA update um to include the definition of disability to reflect the amended law. Uh the addition is the definition to include episodic or uh different types of illness that may be in remission that could impact a person. And outside of that, that is pretty much it for this this policy.

this this one here, the only changes to the policy are actually updating the legal and the um well the legal references.

At board request, um these regulations are coming forward to review and be formally attached as regulations to policy 601, school district curriculum and instruction goals. MSBA conducted a review prior to today's presentation as well.

Administration will have oversight of this process and may overturn in writing any grade change that does not follow the correct process. I don't know if we want to add in writing. or if it's spelled out clearly.

The policy language itself has no changes. It's just the non-s substantive uh changes to update with the uh pronouns.

just one said there are no changes for this policy.

See more cost. There were no updates to that particular question. No.

There are no changes to that particular policy. It did go through a significant review uh about uh questions.

Upon that review, there haven't been any changes to the legislation and so the policy stays the same.