At the November 12, 2024 school board meeting, the Provo City School District Board of Education approved a new Policy 4200: Fostering Ideal Learning Environments: Electronic Device Restrictions. This new policy will be implemented January 7, 2025.

• View full Policy 4200: Fostering Ideal Learning Environments: Electronic Devices Restrictions

Elementary Devices must remain on a mode where notifications cannot be received and out of sight during school hours.

Enforcement All students will receive a daily reminder to put away their electronic devices.

1st Offense: Student will place their device in a provided locked container which remains with the student for the rest of the school day. Parents will be notified that the electronic device has been placed in the container. A school administrator will be available in the main office to unlock the container at the end of the school day. 2nd Offense: The same process as above will be followed except the administrator will not unlock the container until a parent has been notified and has requested that the device be unlocked. 3rd Offense: The same process will be followed as the 2nd offense except the parent and student will be required to meet with an administrator to develop a contract and plan to support the student in following this policy.

Employee Expectations For this policy to be successful in creating learning environments that are free from distractions, teachers must create engaging learning environments and teach bell to bell, enforcing the policy as written. Teachers should also model appropriate cell phone use and not use their devices during instructional time, except in emergency situations or in cases where they are using it to support instruction (i.e. timers).