Section 380.1303 Pocket Pager, Electronic Communication Device, or Other Personal Communication Device; Applicability of Subsection (1).

MI Comp L § 380.1303 (2019) (N/A)
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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 board of a school district or board of directors of a public school academy shall not permit any pupil to carry a pocket pager, 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.

(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.

History: Add. 1988, Act 215, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 2003