Texas Education Code

§ 37.082 — STUDENT USE OF PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES

ED § 37.082Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part G. SAFE SCHOOLS · Ch. 37. DISCIPLINE; LAW AND ORDER · Art. C. LAW AND ORDER

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other law and subject to Subsection (c), the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall adopt, implement, and ensure the district or school complies with a written policy prohibiting a student from using a personal communication device while on school property during the school day. The policy must establish disciplinary measures to be imposed for violation of the prohibition and may provide for confiscation of the personal communication device.

(b)The policy may provide for the school district or open-enrollment charter school to:

(1)comply with this section by:

(A)prohibiting a student from bringing a personal communication device on school property; or

(B)designating a method for the storage of a student's personal communication device while the student is on school property during the school day; and

(2)dispose of a confiscated personal communication device in any reasonable manner after having provided the student's parent 90 days' prior notice in writing of the district's or school's intent to dispose of that device.

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 258 (S.B. 11), Sec. 2.02, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 559 (H.B. 1481), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.