{"id":40311,"date":"2024-04-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=40311"},"modified":"2024-04-12T15:29:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T22:29:18","slug":"cell-phone-use-amendment-to-the-provincial-standards-for-codes-of-conduct-order","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/cell-phone-use-amendment-to-the-provincial-standards-for-codes-of-conduct-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell Phone Use: Amendment to the Provincial Standards for Codes of Conduct Order"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/action\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Action<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2024-04-12\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday April 12 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Cell Phone Use: Amendment to the Provincial Standards for Codes of Conduct Order<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Provincial Standards for Codes of Conduct Order<\/em> has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/mo\/mo\/m0089_2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amended<\/a>, effective July 1, 2024, to require all boards of education to include one or more statements restricting student use of personal digital devices (including cell phones) at school. See this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/808\/2024\/04\/DM-Letter-to-Superintendents.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter from the Deputy Minister<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/808\/2024\/04\/Personal_Digital_Devices_Support_Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Support Guide<\/a>\u00a0for additional information. Codes of Conduct are required to be updated to align with the amended\u00a0<em>Provincial Standards for Codes of Conduct Order<\/em>\u00a0by July 1, and submitted to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ecc.strategicpriorities@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ecc.strategicpriorities@gov.bc.ca<\/a>\u00a0by August 15.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Provincial Standards for Codes of Conduct Order has been amended, effective July 1, 2024, to require all boards of education to include one or more statements restricting student use of personal digital devices (including cell phones) at school. See this\u00a0letter from the Deputy Minister\u00a0and\u00a0Support Guide\u00a0for additional information. Codes of Conduct are required to be updated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/cell-phone-use-amendment-to-the-provincial-standards-for-codes-of-conduct-order\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[348],"release_date":[1087],"division":[666],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-40311","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-action","release_date-2024-04-12","division-sls","target_bulletin-district-dmb"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/40311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/40311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40693,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/40311\/revisions\/40693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=40311"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=40311"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=40311"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=40311"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=40311"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=40311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}