{"id":218153,"date":"2026-06-13T06:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/218153\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T06:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:48:11","slug":"lower-merion-school-board-holds-reading-of-newest-tech-proposal-over-use-of-laptops-for-students-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/218153\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Merion School Board holds reading of newest tech proposal over use of laptops for students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WPVI;\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WPVI\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"107\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/wpvicov.png\"\/><\/a>Tue, June 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>The Lower Merion School Board&#8217;s Policy Committee held a reading of its revised tech proposal on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The new proposal establishes clearer grade-level expectations regarding the use of laptops for students.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Amid intense discussion, Lower Merion School leaders propose changing technology policy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/lower-merion-school-leaders-propose-changing-technology-policy-debate-continues\/19084301\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Amid intense discussion, Lower Merion School leaders propose changing technology policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For months, <a data-ylk=\"slk:many parents have voiced concerns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/chromebook-controversy-lower-merion-pa-parents-ask-opt-children-using-devices-247\/18930127\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">many parents have voiced concerns<\/a> about the amount of screen time in school.<\/p>\n<p>The suggested plan will go through a second reading before the full board votes.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, the changes would take effect in the fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tue, June 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM UTC The Lower Merion School Board&#8217;s Policy Committee held a reading&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[94415,183,185,184,186,42321,736,94416],"class_list":["post-218153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lower-merion","tag-laptops-for-students","tag-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion-headlines","tag-lower-merion-news","tag-lower-merion-township","tag-proposal","tag-reading","tag-second-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}