Bill Text: TX SB2375 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to cell phone use by students in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Education [SB2375 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2375-Introduced.html
88R12132 JES-D | ||
By: Campbell | S.B. No. 2375 |
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relating to cell phone use by students in public schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 38.0232 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.0232. CELL PHONE USE BY STUDENTS PROHIBITED. | ||
Notwithstanding Section 38.0231, the board of trustees of a school | ||
district and the governing body of an open-enrollment charter | ||
school shall prohibit a student in the district or school from using | ||
a cell phone during instructional time. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |