A Mobile County Public Schools board member expresses worries about students using smart glasses, which can access the internet, to cheat on tests. The board member is concerned that prescription lenses could be used as a loophole to circumvent existing state laws banning wireless communication devices in classrooms.
Smart glasses look like regular glasses but can access the internet and provide answers to test questions. State law already does not allow wireless communication devices in the classroom, but Mobile County Public Schools board member Johnny Hatcher worries prescription lenses could circumvent the law.
. "If we don't get ahead of the curve, the parents will turn around and get them with their prescriptions," said Hatcher. Alabama's Focus Act, which passed last year, bans all wireless communication devices in K-12 classrooms across the state, but Hatcher believes parents may use prescription lenses as a loophole so their children can wear smart glasses in the classroom. "I think they're going to get out there and say, look, these are my child's prescription glasses. You can't tell me that they can't wear them," said Hatcher. Smart glasses present information, like maps, text messages, and answers to test questions, in your line of sight. They can capture audio and video and typically use Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to stay connected. Some allow you to get prescription lenses to put in them. The College Board banned them during SAT testing starting next month. Utah is currently considering a state law that would ban them in classrooms. "They could use those to cheat. And kids will be kids, and they'll take advantage of having something that has internet access to be able to go ahead and, you know, maybe view other children or circumstances and put it online, and we don't want that," said Hatcher. Hatcher voiced his concerns during a work session this week. He suggested the board draft a policy on smart glasses, but it didn't prompt any board discussion. "Evidently, they either, you know, don't have any questions and think it's the right thing to do, or, who knows, maybe they just don't see it the way I see it. But I think they do. I think they understand the fact that they could use those to cheat," said Hatcher. We reached out to all board members to see what they thought. Lonnie Parsons was the only other board member who said he thought the board should look into the issue. Hatcher says he's working on writing a policy and will present it at an upcoming meeting for the board to consider. MCPSS has a wireless communication device policy, and that includes smart glasses. They are prohibited during the school day and our policy also expresses that they cannot be used during tests.Mobile DA blasts judge presiding over murder case after not guilty verdictMobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood penned a scathing public indictiment oAccording to Mobile Police, on Thursday, February 26, 2026, at approximately 9:53 p.m., officers responded to the Subway, located at 3067 Dauphin Street, in ref"Upon arrival obviously there was a large crowd on the scene. People running,"Comments made in November 2022 by then Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine describing wFAIRHOPE, Ala. — A Fairhope woman arrested last year for wearing a large phallic costume during a protest is now facing additional charges, with her case set foA Mobile County school board member is concerned about students using smart glasses to cheat. Smart glasses look like regular glasses but can access the interne
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