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Senate adopts statewide floor for student device policies, defeats amendment to extend mandate to private schools
Summary
The Iowa Senate approved House File 782 (substituted for Senate File 370), establishing a statewide minimum policy that restricts student use of personal electronic devices during classroom instruction, requires Dept. of Education guidance and professional development, and sets a May 1, 2025 distribution date for a model policy; an amendment to apply the rule to private schools was defeated 16–33.
The Iowa Senate on the floor adopted House File 782, a measure establishing a statewide minimum policy that restricts student use of personal electronic devices during classroom instructional time and requires the Department of Education, with the Department of Health and Human Services, to provide professional development on social media effects.
Senator Evans, sponsor of the floor substitution, described the bill as implementing the governor’s proposal on classroom device use and said the Department of Education’s model cell-phone policy would be distributed to districts “no later than May first of 2025” to give schools time before the…
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