District policy · 2026-2027
Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School
Somerset County · Charter school · Grades 9-12
Last verified · policy year 2026-2027
Read this entry with one caveat
One of the few schools in this tracker that cites the statute by name in its handbook. It states no exception or waiver process, so that field is unverified rather than absent.
Period by period
2 of 6 not yet verifiedEach row is either something this district’s own document says, or an explicit admission that we have not found it. We never infer one period from another. Passing time, lunch and study hall, the three periods the statute never mentions, are marked with an amber rule.Q8
- Class time
- Not allowed
- Phones and other personal internet-enabled devices are prohibited.Instructional time. Restricted under the statute itself.
- Passing timeNot named in the statute
- Not allowed
- Phones and other personal internet-enabled devices are prohibited.Between classes. NJDOE guidance restricts it; the statute never mentions it.
- LunchNot named in the statute
- Not allowed
- Phones and other personal internet-enabled devices are prohibited.On-campus lunch. NJDOE guidance restricts it; the statute never mentions it.
- Study hallNot named in the statute
- Not allowed
- Phones and other personal internet-enabled devices are prohibited.Study hall. NJDOE guidance restricts it; the statute never mentions it.
- School bus
- Not yet verified
- We have not found a source that states this district's rule for this period. We have not guessed one.State guidance permits phones on buses unless the district goes further. A district rule here is stricter than the state floor.
- Before and after school
- Not yet verified
- We have not found a source that states this district's rule for this period. We have not guessed one.State guidance permits phones outside the school day unless the district goes further.
How phones are stored
A local choice, not a state oneLocker or collected bin
Phones are left in a hall locker or handed in to a central bin.
Devices stay locked in the student's own locker between 7:50 a.m. and 2:35 p.m.
What happens if the rule is broken
“Students found with these devices will receive demerit points and have their device confiscated by a staff member. Confiscated devices must be picked up by a parent/guardian after dismissal starting at 3 pm until the building closes.” Students who call a parent for pickup on a personal device without notifying the nurse or security are referred to the grade-level disciplinarian.
Asking for an exception
The statute names what a policy must accommodateWe have not found this district’s exception procedure. Not yet verified
The statute itself names circumstances a policy must accommodate, including an IEP, a 504 plan, a documented health plan, translation needs, certain caregiving responsibilities, and emergencies.s.2.b(3)-(5)
In the district’s own words
Quoted exactly, not summarisedCell phones and all other personal internet-enabled devices, including smart watches, non-TEECS enrolled laptops, etc., must remain locked in the student's locker from 7:50 am - 2:35 pm.
Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School · read · Open the document
Everything else on this page is our reading of Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School’s policy. This is the policy. We quote rather than paraphrase so you can check us against the document instead of taking our word for what it says.
Sources
1 primary, 0 corroboratingNothing on this page can be published without at least one primary source attached to it. That is enforced by the database, not by a habit.
District decisionPrimary source
High School (9-12) Parent/Student Handbook 2026-2027
Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School · checked
New Jersey state legislation (P.L. 2025, c.195), requires local boards of education to adopt bell-to-bell policies restricting students' non-academic use of cell phones and personal internet-enabled devices during the school day, with certain exceptions.