Bulletin One 2012 2013 Final.pdf - Fort Worth ISD

5.6 Book Covers
Walraven Book Company has exclusive book cover rights for all FWISD schools. Schools
should not distribute book covers from other companies.
5.7 Cellular Phone Use
Teachers and teacher aides may not use cellular phones during instructional time to make or
receive phone calls. Cellular phones should be turned off during class time unless otherwise
approved by the principal.
A campus administrator must determine the appropriate use of telecommunication devices by
students at his/her campus and while attending school-sponsored or school-related activities.
Those expectations need to be clearly communicated to students and parents. Campus
administrators may choose one of the following options:
1. Students will be prohibited from possessing telecommunications or electronic devices
while on school property or while attending school-sponsored or school-related activities
on or off property;
2. Students may possess telecommunications or electronic devices while on school property
or while attending school-sponsored or school-related activities on or off school property.
However, such devices must not be visible and must remain turned off during the
instructional day; or
3. A campus administrator and campus instructors, may, in the exercise of reasonable
discretion, allow students to use telecommunications or electronic devices for
instructional purposes during the instructional day.
Discretionary use may include:
a. Use of a calculator of any type for required coursework;
b. Use of a camera for curricular or school-sponsored extracurricular activities, such as
the yearbook or school newspaper pictures; or
c. Use of a cell phone for Internet access to conduct research or as a dictionary or
thesaurus to query the definition or synonym of a word.
Regardless of the option above that the campus administrators makes for his/her campus,
students will not be permitted to possess telecommunications or electronic devices on their
persons during testing periods, unless specifically allowed to do so by the instructor or a school
administrator, or by the student’s individualized education program (IEP) or behavioral
improvement plan (BIP).
Students may be required to demonstrate before test administration that no such devices are in
their possession or available for their use in violation of District policies, regulations, the Student
Code of Conduct, or state, or federal law.
12-13 SY Bulletin Number One 70 Revised: 10/9/2012