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IA SF516

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/5/2025

Primary Sponsor

Education

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Department of Education must convene a working group in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services to examine research on how school-provided technology affects students' cognitive function and academic performance

  • "School-provided technology" is defined as laptop computers, online learning management systems, and classroom slide show presentations

  • Working group membership must include educators, mental health professionals, and parents of school-age children

  • Members are responsible for their own expenses or those of the entity they represent

  • Report with findings and recommendations due to the General Assembly by December 31, 2025, focusing on best practices to mitigate negative impacts on students' social/behavioral development, attention span, mental concentration, and learning ability

Legislative Description

A bill for an act directing the department of education to convene a working group to study the impact of technology on the cognitive function and academic performance of students.(Formerly SF 237; See SF 2335.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2335. S.J. 283.

2/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Education6/16/2025

Full Bill Text

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