HOUSE BILL No. 5753

 

June 14, 2012, Introduced by Rep. Olumba and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 1303 (MCL 380.1303), as amended by 2003 PA 132.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1303. (1) Until the end of the 2003-2004 school year,

 

unless the board or board of directors adopts its own local policy

 

to the contrary, the The board of a school district or intermediate

 

school district or board of directors of a public school academy

 

shall not permit any pupil to carry a pocket pager, cellular

 

telephone, electronic communication device, or other personal

 

communication device in school except for health or other unusual

 

reasons approved by the board or board of directors. A board or

 

board of directors may develop penalties that it considers

 

appropriate for a pupil who violates this prohibition. or its own

 

policy.This section does not apply to a computer.


 

     (2) Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year, subsection (1)

 

does not apply and the board of a school district or board of

 

directors of a public school academy may adopt and implement its

 

own local policy concerning whether or not a pupil may carry a

 

pocket pager, electronic communication device, or other personal

 

communication device in school.