SB1227 Summary

• Adds cell phone use limitation policies as an eligible component of the school safety program, allowing school districts and charter schools to apply for state funding to implement classroom cell phone restrictions.

• Requires school districts and charter schools seeking cell phone policy funding to submit a program proposal describing school safety needs, the plan to limit cell phone use in classrooms, and implementation costs for required materials.

• Extends the school safety program's existing structure to include cell phone policies alongside current components (school resource officers, juvenile probation officers, school counselors, and school social workers).

• Requires the department of education to review and administer cell phone policy proposals and distribute funding to compliant school sites selected based on safety needs, similar to existing program proposal review processes.

• Maintains annual reporting requirements to the president of the senate, speaker of the house, and governor on all school safety program activities, expanded to include cell phone policy implementation data.