by Nicole Piscitani • Aug. 8, 2025
The biennial budget is legislation that allocates state dollars over a two-year fiscal period. However, the biennial budget always includes policy changes, and House Bill (HB) 96 is not an exception. Several policy changes require that school boards adopt policies on a variety of issues.
Cellphone policy
School boards may need to update their cellphone policies based on changes passed in HB 96. School boards previously adopted policies that fit their local communities’ views on using cellphones during the school…