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Louisiana

Current

Act 313 of 2024

Devices must be off and stowed away from the person, or their use prohibited, during the instructional day.

Jurisdiction
Louisiana · 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

May 28, 2024

Legal start

May 28, 2024

Applies from 2024–25.

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, Section504 and health plans.

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

Act313 of 2024, R.S.17:239(A)(2)

Statewide statutory floor; local governing authorities establish 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: 2026-10-03

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 (Text 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: LA-2024-DEVICE-001

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