Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1702
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/11/2025           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Burgess)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 272 and 273
    4  insert:
    5         Section 8. (1) The Commissioner of Education shall
    6  coordinate with six districts selected by the Department of
    7  Education which represent two small, two medium, and two large
    8  counties that currently implement, or will implement in the
    9  2025-2026 school year, a policy that prohibits the use of cell
   10  phones and other personal electronic devices by students during
   11  the entire school day, while on school grounds, or while engaged
   12  in school activities off school grounds during the school day.
   13  The department shall provide a report to the President of the
   14  Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives before
   15  December 1, 2026, summarizing the effect of each district policy
   16  on student achievement and behavior. The report must also
   17  include a model policy that school districts and charter schools
   18  may adopt.
   19         (2) The report and model policy must address the authorized
   20  use of cell phones or other electronic devices during the school
   21  day by students:
   22         (a) With disabilities or who are English Language Learners
   23  who may need such electronic devices to access curriculum or
   24  other required activities.
   25         (b) When necessary for health reasons, for emergency
   26  medical issues, or for natural or manmade disasters.
   27         (c) On school buses, before or after school hours.
   28         (d) Engaged in extracurricular activities outside of the
   29  school day.
   30         (3) The report must also include student code of conduct
   31  provisions for violations of the policy restricting the use of
   32  cell phones and other electronic devices, including, but not
   33  limited to, those violations that:
   34         (a) Constitute illegal behavior and may result in a
   35  referral to law enforcement.
   36         (b) Facilitate bullying, harassing, or threatening other
   37  students.
   38         (c) Facilitate cheating or otherwise violating a school’s
   39  policy for academic integrity.
   40         (d) Capture or display any picture or video of any student
   41  during a medical issue or engaged in misconduct.
   42  
   43  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   44  And the title is amended as follows:
   45         Delete line 27
   46  and insert:
   47         insurance; requiring the Commissioner of Education to
   48         coordinate with school districts selected by the
   49         Department of Education to implement a policy for a
   50         specified school year prohibiting the use of cell
   51         phones while on school grounds or engaged in certain
   52         activities off school grounds; requiring the
   53         department to provide a report to the Legislature
   54         before a specified date; providing requirements for
   55         the report; requiring that the report include a model
   56         policy that school districts and charter schools may
   57         adopt; requiring that the report and model policy
   58         address the authorized use of cell phones and
   59         electronic devices during the school day by certain
   60         students; requiring that the report include specified
   61         student code of conduct provisions; providing an
   62         effective date.