Section 380.1303 - Pocket pager, electronic communication device, or other personal communication device; applicability of subsection (1)(1) Until the end of the 2003-2004 school year, unless the board or board of directors adopts its own local policy to the contrary, the board of a school district or board of directors of a public school academy shall not permit any pupil to carry a pocket pager, electronic communication device, or other personal communication device in school except for health or other unusual reasons approved by the board or board of directors. A board or board of directors may develop penalties that it considers appropriate for a pupil who violates this prohibition or its own policy.(2) Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year, subsection (1) does not apply and the board of a school district or board of directors of a public school academy may adopt and implement its own local policy concerning whether or not a pupil may carry a pocket pager, electronic communication device, or other personal communication device in school.Amended by 2003, Act 132, s 1, eff. 8/1/2003.Add. 1988, Act 215, Imd. Eff. 7/1/1988 ;--Am. 1995, Act 289, Eff. 7/1/1996.