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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1198 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 20-26-5-40.7. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Student use of a wireless communication device. Requires |
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| 8 | 8 | | that each school corporation and charter school adopt and implement |
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| 9 | 9 | | a wireless communication device policy that governs, with certain |
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| 10 | 10 | | exceptions, student use of a wireless communication device and |
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| 11 | 11 | | publish the policy on the school corporation's or charter school's |
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| 12 | 12 | | website. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Effective: July 1, 2024. |
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| 14 | 14 | | McGuire |
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| 15 | 15 | | January 9, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Education. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 2024 IN 1198—LS 6609/DI 152 Introduced |
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| 17 | 17 | | Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
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| 18 | 18 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 19 | 19 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 20 | 20 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 22 | 22 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 23 | 23 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 24 | 24 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 26 | 26 | | between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1198 |
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| 28 | 28 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 29 | 29 | | education. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 20-26-5-40.7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 40.7. (a) As used in this section, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 "instructional time" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-30-2-1. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 (b) Each school corporation and charter school shall adopt and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 implement a wireless communication device policy that: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 (1) except as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3), prohibits a |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 student from using a wireless communication device during |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 instructional time; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 (2) authorizes a teacher to allow a student to use a wireless |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 communication device for educational purposes during |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 instructional time; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 (3) permits a student to use a wireless communication device |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 in the event of an emergency. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 (c) Each school corporation and charter school shall publish on |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 its website the wireless communication device policy established |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17 under subsection (b). |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2024 IN 1198—LS 6609/DI 152 |
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