The Board of Education authorizes the use of school owned cellular telephones by school personnel for the performance of school duties.

For business and efficiency purposes, the Superintendent may deem it necessary for certain employees to carry cellular telephones with instant connect. Such telephones will be leased/procured by the District.

School building offices may be issued cellular telephones for emergency situations.

Cellular telephones issued to food service, athletic trainer, and bus garage will be collected at the close of the school year and re-issued at the beginning of the next school year for insurance purposes.

Insignificant personal use of the cellular telephones is permitted by the Board for emergency use only to the extent of the lease terms where there is no incremental cost to the District. Should the telephone contract minutes be overused, or if personal calls are made or received outside the telephone’s lease terms which generate additional charges, the employee shall reimburse the District for the cost of personal calls to the extent that the personal calls caused the over-usage of minutes or generated extra charges.

School employees with school owned cellular telephones are responsible for replacement or repair of the telephones that are negligently lost or damaged.

Adopted 8/12/04