Policy
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5516
REMOTELY ACTIVATING COMMUNICATION DEVICES - PAGERS & CELLULAR TELEPHONES
Pupils
are not permitted to bring or possess a remotely activating paging device on
any school district property at any time regardless of whether school is in
session or other persons are present.
Pupils
are not permitted to use cellular telephones while school is in session or at
school activities after school. Cellular
telephones must be turned off while the pupil is in the school building and may
only be turned on after school has concluded for the day and outside the school
building.
Cellular
telephones that are turned on in violation of this policy may be confiscated by
the Building Principal and the pupil will be subject to appropriate
disciplinary action.
The
Building Principal may grant permission for a pupil to bring or possess a
remotely activating communication device on any school property only if the
pupil provides a written request to the Building Principal.
The pupil
must establish to the satisfaction of the Principal a reasonable basis for the
possession of the device. The written
request must include the purpose for the pupil possessing and/or bringing the
device on school property and the date or dates in which the pupil requests to
possess and/or bring the device on school property. The written request must also include the
date in which the pupil will no longer need to bring and/or possess the device
on school property.
The
Building Principal, upon reviewing the request from the pupil, will make a
determination. The determination will be
in writing and if approved, written permission for the pupil to bring and/or
possess a remotely activating paging device will be provided to the pupil. Permission will only be provided for one
month at a time.
The pupil
must submit a new request if the time in which permission is given to bring
and/or possess a device expires. The
pupil that is granted permission to possess and/or bring the device must be in
the possession of the device at all times.
A pupil
who is an active member in good standing of a volunteer fire company, first
aid, ambulance or rescue squad may bring or possess a remotely activated paging
device on school property only if the pupil is required to respond to an
emergency and the pupil provides a statement to the Building Principal from the
chief executive officer of the volunteer fire company, first aid, ambulance or
rescue squad authorizing the possession of the device by the pupil at all times
and that the pupil is required to respond to an emergency.
In the
event a pupil violates this policy as to paging devices, the Building
Principal, or designee, will confiscate the device, take appropriate
disciplinary actions and immediately notify the Superintendent and the local
law enforcement agency.
N.J.S.A.
2C:33-19
N.J.A.C.
6A:16-5.8
Adopted: