Executive Order 2024-11

Directs the State Department of Education to encourage districts to adopt phone-free policies and pairs the initiative with implementation resources and a one-time incentive.

Personal devices

Jurisdiction: Idaho · State / DC
Policy status: Guidance current
Implementation phase: Current
Requirement: Recommended
Grades: All K-12
Audience: Districts / LEAs
Learning evidence: No student-learning claim
Instrument: Executive order

Dates & implementation

Adopted / approved

Oct 31, 2024

Legal start

Oct 31, 2024

Timing not separately indexed; consult the source and scope notes.

A legal effective date can precede school implementation. This record documents policy intent or requirements; it does not independently confirm delivery in every classroom.

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

Specific section not yet indexed. Governor Little and Superintendent Critchfield announcement on Executive Order 2024-11

Governor Little and Superintendent Critchfield announcement on Executive Order 2024-11https://gov.idaho.gov/pressrelease/little-critchfield-unveil-new-steps-to-restrict-cell-phone-use-in-schools/ ↗

Encouragement and funding support, not a binding statewide student-use ban.

Review history

Research record · review pending

Source availability checked Oct 4, 2026: Retrieval unresolved. This is separate from verification of the policy claim below.

Source review date recorded in database: 10/3/2026

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.

Record ID: ID-2024-DEVICE-001

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