Lunchtime may also be cellphone time again for Broward high school students.

The School Board voted 5-4 on Tuesday to amend a policy that had banned all student use of cellphones from the morning bell until dismissal. The restriction has now been lifted for high school students, who can talk, text, surf the web and listen to music during their lunch period starting on Wednesday.

Cellphones will still be banned all day for students in kindergarten to eighth grade, due to a new state law . The state also prohibits students in all grades from using their phones during instructional periods, unless authorized by a teacher for academic purposes. But it’s up to school districts to decide whether high school students can use the devices during non-instructional times.

Board members passed

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