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IA SSB1065
SB
AI Summary
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Requires school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to adopt policies restricting student use of personal electronic devices (including mobile phones, smart phones, video game devices, and portable media players) during classroom instructional time, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year
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Mandates instruction on the effects of social media be incorporated into the health curriculum for students in grades six through eight at public schools, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools
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Directs the Department of Education to develop and distribute model policies for schools regarding personal electronic device use, and to provide professional development support to teachers on delivering social media effects instruction
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Requires the Department of Education and Department of Public Safety to consult on revisions needed to high-quality emergency operations plans to account for the new electronic device policies, with school districts required to update their plans by July 1, 2025
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School policies must include methods for parents to communicate with students during school hours and emergencies, secure device storage protocols, discipline procedures for violations, and a petition process for students with health-related exemptions or IEP/Section 504 accommodations
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to electronic devices in schools, including student access during instructional hours, school safety plans, and instruction related to the effects of social media in grades six through eight, and including effective date provisions.(See SF 370.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 370.
2/18/2025