Florida
CurrentHB 1105 / Florida Statutes §1006.07
Prohibits K–8 students from using wireless communications devices during the school day and prohibits high-school use during instructional time, subject to statutory exceptions.
- Jurisdiction
- Florida · State / DC
- Policy status
- Effective
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Required
- Grades
- K–8 full school day; grades 9–12 instructional time
- Audience
- Students
- Learning evidence
- No student-learning claim
- Instrument
- Statute / enacted law
Dates & implementation
Adopted / approved
Jul 1, 2025
Legal start
Jul 1, 2025
Current 2025 statute: elementary/middle school-day restriction; high-school instructional-time restriction, with local rules and teacher-designated storage.
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
Administrator-permitted locations; IEP/504; physician certification. High-school teacher-directed educational use.
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
Florida Statutes2025 §1006.07(2)(f), paragraphs1–2.
HB 1105 expanded the earlier instructional-time model for younger students.
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: Current 2025 Florida Statutes §1006.07(2)(f) read. Grade distinction and administrator-permission/IEP/504/medical exceptions confirmed.
Record ID: FL-2025-DEVICE-001
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