FILE:  JCDAE

Cf:  JD

 

ELECTRONIC TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES

 

 

No student, unless authorized by the school principal or his/her designee, shall use, or operate any cellular telephone, personal computer, laptop, electronic instrument, iPad, iPod, tablet device, e-reader, or similar devices during the normal school hours of operation in any Catahoula Parish school building, on the grounds thereof, or in any school bus. Normal school hours can include detention: before, during, or after school.  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.  Violation of this policy shall be grounds for disciplinary action by the school, including, but not limited to, suspension and/or expulsion from school.

 

For purposes of this policy, the terms use and operation shall mean whenever the electronic telecommunication device is turned on.

 

The School Board shall not be responsible for any electronic devices, including cell phones, lost or damaged while on School Board property.

 

VIOLATIONS

 

Cell phones or any electronic telecommunication device will not be used during the school day unless an emergency situation occurs.  Refusal to give phone or any electronic telecommunication device to school personnel when requested will result in a 3 day suspension.

 

1st Offense:

 

Penalty for this infraction is confiscation of the device and returned to the parent

 

2nd Offense:

 

Confiscation and returned to the parent after paying a $20 fee

 

3rd Offense

 

Confiscation and returned to the parent after paying a $50 fee

 

4th Offense and Succeeding Offenses:

 

Confiscation and returned to the parent at the end of the school year along with a one day suspension

 

Revised:  August, 2003

Revised:  May, 2006

Revised:  July 2, 2019

 

 

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:239, 17:416, 17:416.1

Board minutes, 9-2-03, 5-2-06, 7-2-19

 

Catahoula Parish School Board