FILE:  JCDAE

Cf:  JD

 

ELECTRONIC DEVICES

 

 

No student, unless authorized by the school principal or his/her designee, shall have in his/her possession any personal electronic device, including any mobile telephone service device (cell phones, Blackberries, camera phones), any other electronic telecommunication device, or other electronic devices, including but not limited to cameras, video tape recorder, audio recorder, digital recorder of any kind, iPODs, tape players, CD players, video games, MP3 players. Palm Pilots, and their contents, while in any elementary or secondary school building, or on the grounds thereof, or in any school bus used to transport public school students to and from school.

 

Devices discovered in the possession of students shall be confiscated.  Refusal to relinquish a device constitutes willful disobedience and shall be handled accordingly.  The school shall not be responsible for confiscated items if not picked up by parent within ten (10) days of the last day of school.  The East Carroll Parish School Board shall not be responsible for any electronic devices, including cell phones, lost or damaged while on School Board property.

 

A properly authorized medical device worn by a student shall not be considered to be in violation of this policy.

 

VIOLATIONS

 

Violations – First Offense

 

  1. Device confiscated

  2. Parent Notified

  3. $25 (The phone is kept until the fine is paid, and parent retrieves the phone from the school Administration.)

 

Second Offense

 

  1. Device confiscated

  2. Parent Notified

  3. $35 (The phone is kept until the fine is paid, and parent retrieves the phone from the school Administration.)

 

Third Offense

 

  1. Device confiscated

  2. Parent Notified

  3. $50 (The phone is kept until the fine is paid, and parent retrieves the phone from the school Administration.)

 

Fourth Offense

 

  1. Device confiscated

  2. Parent Notified

  3. Phone will remain in possession of the school until the end of the school year.  Device will be returned by administration within ten (10) days of last day of school.

 

Student use of the Internet, cameras, cell phones, ”IPODS” video or audio recorders, and/or any other electronic systems, on or off campus, that subsequently causes substantial disruption to the educational environment, interferes with the rights of others, or can be considered a threat, will result in the student receiving discipline in accordance with the parish assertive discipline plan.

 

Should students choose to use the phone to video fights, text message test items, text message for unauthorized persons to check them out, post incidents that happened on school campus on the internet or similar practices that create a “substantial disruption” to the learning environment on a campus, they shall be suspended out of school for a minimum of three (3) days and possibly recommended for expulsion depending on the circumstances.   Law enforcement will asked to assist with any investigation involving a cell phone that “substantially disrupts” the learning environment on a campus.

 

New policy:  August, 2010

Revised:  May, 2012

Revised:  March, 2017

 

 

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

Board minutes, 9-7-10, 5-1-12, 3-14-17

 

East Carroll Parish School Board