FILE:  JCDAE

Cf:  JD

ELECTRONIC DEVICES

No student, unless authorized by the school principal or his/her designee, shall use or operate any electronic device, including, but not limited to, any facsimile system, radio paging service, cell phone, ipod, intercom, or electro-mechanical paging system in any elementary or secondary school building, or on the grounds during the instructional day or in any school bus used to transport public school students. 

Furthermore, the visibility of any electronic devices shall be prohibited during the duration of the school day.  A violation of these provisions may be grounds for disciplinary action, including but not limited to suspension from school.

For purposes of this policy, the terms use and operation shall mean whenever the electronic telecommunication device is turned on.  The duration of the school day shall be defined as time at school and on the school bus.

Nothing shall prohibit the use and operation by any person, including students, of any electronic telecommunication device in the event of an emergency.  Emergency shall mean an actual or imminent threat to public health or safety which may result in loss of life, injury, or property damage.

PROCEDURE FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION

The principal/designee will:

• 1^st Offense:
  
  Confiscate phone or other device and contact parent to pick up the device.

• 2^nd Offense:
  
  Confiscate phone or other device and contact parents to pick up device. Student will receive detention.

• 3^rd Offense:
  
  Confiscate phone of other device and contact parents to pick up device. Student will receive a suspension (in accordance with standard parish policy) and will be denied the opportunity to bring the electronic device to school for the remainder of the school year.
   

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:239, 17:416, 17:416.1

Board minutes, 10-1-03, 1-14-04, 5-17-06, 9-6-06, 6-17-09, 7-1-09, 4-13-11, 6-29-11

Assumption Parish School Board