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**Penns Valley Policy**: Pulled from our pennsvalley.org website
 * The Board restricts the use of electronic devices which could include, but are not limited to, cellular telephones, iPods, MP3 players, CD players, and telephone paging devices. These restrictions shall be in place during regular school hours and in locker rooms, bathrooms, health suites and other changing areas at any time unless an administrator gives authorization to do otherwise. If a student is in possession of an electronic device of this nature, the device must be placed in an assigned area during school hours. Students may use these devices on buses and outside of the regular school day.

Penn Manor School District IN USE
 * Other School Policies: **
 * Use shall mean any of the following: 1. Carrying or possessing a personal electronic device that is either visible (regardless if it is “on” or “off”) or can be heard.
 * 2. A personal electronic device that emits an audible signal, vibrates, is in “sleep mode,” displays a message or otherwise summons the device user.

NOT IN USE
 * A personal electronic device in an “off” position and stored out-of-sight in a back pack, bookbag, locker, pocket, purse, vehicle, etc. shall not be deemed “in use.”

1) Change from principal permission only to use mobile devices in the classroom, to permission of use at the teacher's discretion. 2) Change from mobile devices in the locker, to permission to be carried as long as it is not a distraction (adopt visible/ not heard for non-use) 3) Make the current consequences more severe for not following the school policy 4) We would like permission to use mobile devices during lunch
 * Our Proposed Policies: **

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//This page is for information about school policies, and the laws that help guide the way in which they are written. Policies are in place to comply with laws, and protect students.// //Consider: COPPA, Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)//

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__Governing Laws for Minors__: Internet safety policies deal with issues beyond filtering,including e-mail, chat rooms, hacking, release of personal information, and measures taken beyond filtering to protect students from inappropriate material; these are all concerns that may be dealt with through comprehensive acceptable use policies (AUPS). CIPA also allows for differentiation between student and adult use. Brooks-Young, Susan. Critical Technology Issues for school leaders. Thousand Oaks,California: Corwin Press 2006.

__Felonies and privacy rights:__ School leaders can respond to these challenges by always acting in concert with well-established school policy. Positive and effective school cell phone policies are typically developed by committee and include input from parents, students, and school officials. Sound policies clearly outline rationales, rules, and consequences for violations and provide general legal information that establishes http://www.smriders.net/Mobile_Learning/ : Principal Leadership //. Feb. 2008: 62-64. // SIRS Researcher. // Web. 09 Mar 2011

http://www.smriders.net/Mobile_Learning/