PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES
PAUSE THE SCREEN, CHASE THE DREAM
Oklahoma Senate Bill 139, effective July 1, 2025, requires all Oklahoma public school districts to limit the student use of personal electronic devices during the school instructional day. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, Putnam City Schools will enact a new policy to silence and put away devices from bell to bell.
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Students may possess a personal electronic device while on school premises, in transit under the authority of the school, or while attending school-sponsored/authorized functions. This policy requires phones to be silenced or turned off and kept out of sight from bell to bell.
Any device that is confiscated will be returned to the student or to the parent/guardian as determined by District policy.
District Policy ER can be read in full here.
Interventions for Misuse of Personal Electronic Devices
Students found to be using a device or violating the policy shall be subject to intervention under the student discipline policy. District Policy ER defines interventions, illegal use, and searches for cell phones.