Alabama
CurrentHB 166 / Freeing Our Classrooms of Unnecessary Screens for Safety Act
Requires local boards to prohibit student use of wireless communication devices during the instructional day, with statutory educational, health, disability and emergency exceptions.
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama · State / DC
- Policy status
- Effective
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Required with local discretion
- Grades
- All K-12
- Audience
- Students
- Learning evidence
- No student-learning claim
- Instrument
- Statute / enacted law
Dates & implementation
Local-board policy deadline July 1, 2025; student restrictions begin in the 2025–26 school year.
A legal effective date can precede school implementation. This record documents policy intent or requirements; it does not independently confirm delivery in every classroom.
Exceptions & instructional scope
IEP, accommodation/504/health plan; supervised educational use; emergency threatening life or safety.
Funding & support
Funding details not confirmed
Dedicated funding and current award availability are not established in this collection. This does not mean no funding exists.
Evidence & source location
HB166 enrolled, §§2–4 (PDF pp.2–4) and §8 (p.6).
Applies to personal wireless devices; districts set compliant storage and enforcement details.
Review history
Reviewed against official sources
Source availability checked Oct 4, 2026: Source reopened. This is separate from verification of the policy claim below.
Source review date recorded in database: 2026-10-04
2026-10-03 — Carried forward from the source-linked baseline; topic, grade and evidence-type inventory reviewed. Individual source was not re-opened in this update. 2026-10-04 — Substantive source review: HB166 enrolled §§2–4 and 8 read. School-day definition includes transitions and lunch; supervised education, disability/health plans and emergency exceptions confirmed.
Record ID: AL-2025-DEVICE-001
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