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Kentucky

Current

HB 208 / Acts Chapter 90

Enacted legislative summary describes a prohibition during instructional time, with specified exceptions.

Jurisdiction
Kentucky · State / DC
Policy status
Effective
Implementation phase
Current
Requirement
Required
Grades
All K-12
Audience
Students
Learning evidence
No student-learning claim
Instrument
Statute / enacted law

Dates & implementation

Adopted / approved

Mar 26, 2025

2025 enactment; local implementation details require policy review.

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

Educational, emergency and student accommodation exceptions.

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

Kentucky HB208, enacted bill summary

The same act includes a separate school-network social-media restriction, which is a distinct policy action.

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: 2026-10-03

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: Reconciled the existing October 3 substantive personal-device audit (Official summary reviewed) with the research record. The audited model, timing and exceptions replace the unchecked baseline description. This reconciliation is not a new source reopening.

Record ID: KY-2025-DEVICE-001

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