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STUDENT USE OF PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES

No student, unless authorized by the school principal or his/her designee, shall use or operate any personal electronic device between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in any school building, or on the grounds thereof or in any school bus used to transport public school students.  Electronic devices include, but are not limited to:  cellular phone, radio, tape/CD player/recorder, gaming device, video camera, digital camera, beeper, MP3 player, iPOD, facsimile system, radio paging service, intercom, or electro-mechanical paging system.  It also includes smart watches or similar devices.  The use, operation, or visual display of any of these devices shall result in the consequences as listed in the student code of conduct.  Visual display shall also include any observable protrusion of any clothing, pocket thereof (pants, shirt, or jacket) or of a book bag or purse.

Neither the school administrator, the schools, nor the School Board shall be responsible for electronic devices lost or stolen on School Board property.

Nothing shall prohibit the use and operation by any person, including students, of any electronic 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.  For purposes of this policy, the terms use and operation shall mean whenever the electronic device is turned on.

During the periods of standardized testing, all electronic devices shall be strictly prohibited from campus at all times.

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

Board minutes, 8-5-03, 12-2-03, 5-4-04, 12-2-08, 8-3-10, 10-6-15

East Feliciana Parish School Board