PSMFS ADVOCACY RESOURCES

​The Bill Package: Distraction-Free Schools Model Legislation Package - Model state legislation to share with legislators.

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PRIMARY RESOURCES

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• For Phone-Free Schools Bill

  • Briefing Document: Phone-Free Schools - FAQs

  • Best Practice Model School Policy - For schools implementing bell-to-bell​​​

  • Letter of Support - To get community members to sign and share 

  • Phone-Free Schools Report Card - Look up your state at this site​​​​​​​​​

 

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TEMPLATES: Copy and Edit

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• For Phone-Free Schools Bill

  • Email Template: Co-Sponsor Request:

  • Op-Ed Templates - Under 700 words

  • Letter to the Editor Template - Under 200 words

  • Getting Community Buy-In

  • Testimony suggestions: Template: Use the parts you feel will be most relevant

  • Email requesting meeting w/legislator - Use this to request a meeting with legislators

  • Co-Sponsor Request: Email Template - To ask legislators to co-sponsor a bill

  • Legislator call script - Shares that 18 states have passed bell-to-bell

  • Legislator email - Shares that 18 states have passed bell-to-bell

  • Indiv/Org. Support Request: Formal Email Template

  • Indiv/Org. Support Request: Informal Email Template

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TALKING POINTS​​​​

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• For Phone-Free Schools​​ Bill

  • Success Stories - Schools that have gone phone-free are seeing amazing results​​

  • Experts' Letter of Support - Signed by ATF, NEA, Jon Haidt, and other advocates​​

  • Local Control Talking Points

  • ​​​Emergency Safety: One of the top concerns we hear from parents is about reaching their child during a school emergency. In fact, school safety experts say phones make students less safe during a school emergency.  ​

    • National Assoc. of School Resource Officers - Letter of Support

    • NSRO Press Release - NSRO website

  • Low-Cost Storage Options

    • ​Phone Storage Ideas​​​​​​​

    • Low-Cost Alternative Storage Ideas - Learn about creative low-cost options for a bell-to-bell

  • Flyers

    • Stats Flyer - Phone-Free Schools Movement

    • Cyberbullying - ScreenTime Action Network at Fairplay

    • Illegal Online Drug Sales - ScreenTime Action Network at Fairplay

    • Gaming - ScreenTime Action Network at Fairplay

    • Online Challenges - ScreenTime Action Network at Fairplay

    • Screen Overuse - ScreenTime Action Network at Fairplay

    • Sexual Exploitation - ScreenTime Action Network at Fairplay​​​

  • FAQs​

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TOOLKITS

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• For Phone-Free Schools Bill​
  • Ambassador Toolkit - Source: Phone-Free Schools Movement/Fairplay
  • Administrator Toolkit - Source: Phone-Free Schools Movement/Fairplay
  • Screen Strong Toolkit - Source: Screen Strong

  • Toolkit for Assessing Phones in Schools (TAPS) - To help elementary, middle, and high schools evaluate their phone policy. Jointly developed by Stanford Social Media Lab and Tech and Society Lab at NYU Stern.

  • Away for the Day" - AFTD is a movement providing free tools to help schools transition to device-free

  • NY Bell-to-Bell Toolkit - Written by NY Teachers Union​​​​​​​