| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.306 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVESTEINHOFF. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1350H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter162,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtostudent |
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| 8 | 8 | | electronicpersonalcommunicationsdeviceusage. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter162,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection162.207,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 162.207.1.Forthe2026-27schoolyearandallsubsequentschoolyears,each |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2schooldistrictandcharterschoolgoverningboardshalladoptawrittenpolicy |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3governingastudent'spossessionoruseofanelectronicpersonalcommunications |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4device.Suchschooldistrictorgoverningboardshalldevelopanddesignsuchpolicyto |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5promotetheeducationalinterestsofstudentsandtoprovideasafeandeffectiveworking |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6environmentforschoolemployeesandvolunteers. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 2.Suchpolicyshall,ataminimum: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8 (1)Prohibitastudentfromdisplayingorusinganelectronicpersonal |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9communicationsdeviceduringregularlyscheduledinstructionalactivities; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 (2)Describethedisciplinaryproceduresandmeasuresthatwillbetakenifa |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11studentviolatesthepolicy;and |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12 (3)Provideexceptionstotheprohibitionthatallowthedisplayanduseofan |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13electronicpersonalcommunicationsdevicebyastudent: |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 (a)Inthecaseofanemergency; |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15 (b)Whendirectedtousesuchdevicebyaschoolemployeeorvolunteerforan |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16instructionalpurpose;and |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17 (c)Whenauthorizedbythefollowingfederalactsortheirsuccessoracts: |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 a.TheIndividualswithDisabilitiesEducationAct(IDEA),20U.S.C.Section |
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| 31 | 31 | | 191400etseq.,asamended; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 b.TheAmericanswithDisabilitiesAct,42U.S.C.Section12101etseq.,as |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21amended;or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 c.TheRehabilitationActof1973,29U.S.C.Section701etseq.,asamended. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 3.Eachschooldistrictandcharterschoolgoverningboardshallpublishthe |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24policyonsuchdistrict'sorcharterschool'swebsite. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25 4.Aschooldistrictorcharterschoolemployeeorvolunteershallbeheld |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26harmlessandimmunefromanyliabilityforactionstakenunderthissectionifsuch |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27employeeorvolunteeractsingoodfaithandfollowstheproperdisciplinaryprocedures |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28andmeasuresadoptedunderthissectionbytheschoolboardorcharterschool |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29governingboard. |
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| 42 | 42 | | âś” |
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| 43 | 43 | | HB306 2 |
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