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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0112* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 112 |
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| 8 | 8 | | F1 4lr0720 |
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| 9 | 9 | | (PRE–FILED) |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Salling |
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| 11 | 11 | | Requested: September 27, 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 10, 2024 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | County Boards of Education – Student Cellular Phone Use – Policy Required 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring county boards of education to develop and adopt a policy that 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | prohibits students from using a cellular phone during instructional time except 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | under certain circumstances; exempting a county board that has an existing policy 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | on the student use of cellular phones during school hours from the requirement to 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | develop and adopt a new policy; and generally relating to county boards of education 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | and student cellular phone use policy. 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BY adding to 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Article – Education 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 4–142 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | |
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| 37 | 37 | | Article – Education 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 4–142. 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A COUNTY BOARD THAT HAS AN 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | EXISTING POLICY ON T HE USE OF CELLULAR P HONES BY STUDENTS DURING SCHOOL 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | HOURS. 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) EACH COUNTY BOARD SHA LL DEVELOP AND ADOPT A POLICY THAT 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | PROHIBITS A STUDENT FROM USING A CELLULAR PHONE DUR ING INSTRUCTION AL 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | TIME UNLESS A TEACHER EXPRESSLY DIRECT S THE STUDENT TO USE A CELLULAR 23 2 SENATE BILL 112 |
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| 50 | 50 | | PHONE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURP OSES. 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 1, 2024. 3 |
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