FAQ
What is the policy regarding Mobile Communication Devices?
Mobile communication devices shall be turned off during instructional time. Smartphones and other mobile communication devices shall not be used in
any manner which infringes on the privacy rights of any other person [MCS BP5131.8].
The Legislature finds that the use by any person, including a pupil, of any electronic listening or recording device in any classroom of the elementary and secondary schools without the prior consent of the teacher and the principal of the school given to promote an educational purpose disrupts and impairs the teaching process and discipline in the elementary and secondary schools, and such use is prohibited. Any person, other than a pupil, who willfully violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor [EC51512].
May a teacher use an audio recording device in a classroom?
Any classroom teacher who, in the interest of improving his or her personal teaching techniques, wishes to use an audio recording device in a classroom to record classroom instructional presentations, may employ that device without the necessity of obtaining the approval of the school principal or other school officials [EC 44034].
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