Clark County school districts are gearing up for the forthcoming school year with new cellphone policies.

In August 2024, state schools Superintendent Chris Reykdal published guidance for districts and called upon them to adopt policies to reduce cellphone distraction by the start of the 2025-26 school year. Since then, districts took the year to develop a new policy or revise current policy.

Battle Ground school board members approved a revision of the district’s current policy at their Monday meeting, while the Washougal and Ridgefield school boards heard first readings Tuesday of new or updated policies.

Battle Ground’s new policy states that personal electronic devices (phones, iPads, headphones, gaming devices, etc.) must be off and away at all times throughout the school day f

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