The Modesto City Schools Board of Education approved an update of the student conduct code to include its new full-day cellphone policy. The updated conduct code will state that the ban is in effect during the instructional school day, from the start of students’ first class to the end of their last.
The decision will take effect in the 2026-27 school year.
The board’s cellphone ban was approved during its March 30 meeting and was reviewed Monday night. A so-called first reading, during which the board again will review the policy’s wording, will be done on May 18…