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States Target Classroom Screen Time Following School Cellphone Bans
The commission will review classroom screen use and recommend policy changes after Alabama passed two laws limiting student device access.
- On Wednesday, July 22, 2026, Governor Kay Ivey signed Executive Order 745, establishing the Governor's Commission on Screen-Based Instruction to examine the risks and benefits of technology in Alabama's K-12 classrooms.
- The initiative builds on two laws Ivey previously signed: the 2025 FOCUS Act, which bans student cellphones in classrooms, and the 2026 Healthy Early Development and Screen Time Act, limiting screen time for younger children.
- State Rep. Jeana Ross will chair the commission, which includes Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison and State Superintendent of Education Eric Mackey, alongside teachers, administrators, and child development experts.
- Commission members must submit final recommendations to Ivey, the Legislature, and the Alabama State Board of Education by December 1, 2026, potentially informing new legislation during the 2027 Legislative Session.
- Officials aim to ensure technology enhances education rather than interfering with student learning, as Ivey emphasizes that traditional teaching methods centered on personal interaction must remain the core of the experience.
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States target classroom screen time following school cellphone bans
WASHINGTON — State lawmakers across the nation are enacting legislation to restrict student screen time in classrooms, building on recent bipartisan momentum surrounding school cellphone bans.
From the use of radio to platforms and digital applications with artificial intelligence (AI), technological tools have been present in classrooms, but it is up to their massification, in the past two decades, that evidence has been obtained about the effects of excessive use of screens, alert reports from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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