{"id":156847,"date":"2025-08-18T22:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/156847\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T22:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:38:15","slug":"san-antonio-isd-to-discuss-cellphone-ban-policy-in-monday-board-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/156847\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio ISD to discuss cellphone ban policy in Monday board meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KSAT will livestream the meeting in this article <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 San Antonio Independent School District board members are expected to discuss a cellphone ban policy in a Monday meeting. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The SAISD board meeting is expected to begin at 5:30 p.m. KSAT will livestream the meeting in this article.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Each district across Texas must implement a cellphone ban policy no later than Sept. 18 to abide by a new Texas law. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>&gt;&gt; <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/07\/how-san-antonio-area-school-districts-plan-to-enforce-texas-new-cellphone-ban-in-classrooms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/07\/how-san-antonio-area-school-districts-plan-to-enforce-texas-new-cellphone-ban-in-classrooms\/\"><b>How San Antonio-area school districts plan to enforce Texas\u2019 new cellphone ban in classrooms<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Texas law was designed to offer flexibility for each district to establish a policy that meets the district\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Another large district in the San Antonio area, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/07\/north-east-isd-to-discuss-new-cellphone-ban-in-classrooms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/07\/north-east-isd-to-discuss-new-cellphone-ban-in-classrooms\/\">North East ISD<\/a>, approved its cellphone ban policy before the first day of school. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">NEISD\u2019s policy allows students to use their devices during non-classroom time, such as lunch periods and passing periods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Northside ISD students are allowed to bring a communication device or cellphone to school, but it must be powered off and in a backpack from the first bell ring until the school day is over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Read also: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Author<img alt=\"Madalynn Lambert headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/f7a9a975-4c3b-4692-a6dd-c780b2353d57.png\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/ML5FGHF15DD5BHD4DGBDBHN5DH\/\" title=\"View Madalynn Lambert&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madalynn Lambert<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Madalynn Lambert is a Content Gatherer at KSAT-12. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2024 with a degree in journalism and minors in global and science communication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KSAT will livestream the meeting in this article SAN ANTONIO \u2013 San Antonio Independent School District board members&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":156848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,407,7202,91268,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-156847","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-education","10":"tag-san-antonio","11":"tag-san-antonio-isd","12":"tag-sanantonio","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115052170706348996","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}