I think that this is a great way to force students to use the technology appropriately. Would this work in Edina? I can see parents getting really upset if their student looses a laptop for a few days. I can just see the argument from them that their student will not be able to do their homework. I do think that we need to have some consequence though.
I also wonder who is in charge of enforcing this as in is the teacher in charge of always checking or is this done by the tech department.