Marietta City Schools
CurrentStudent screen time and technology resolution
Requires purposeful screen use and prohibits using screens for behavior management, with further reduction strategies to be developed.
- Jurisdiction
- Marietta City Schools · District
- Policy status
- Adopted · practices plus further planning
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Required
- Grades
- All grades
- Audience
- Schools / students
- Learning evidence
- No student-learning claim
- Instrument
- Official adoption announcement
Dates & implementation
July 15, 2026 announcement confirms a board-approved resolution; 2026–27 is also a strategy-development 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
Purposeful instructional use remains available; this is not a blanket screen or AI ban.
Learning connection: Emphasizes authentic assessments and independent student work.
Funding & support
Support provision; funding not confirmed
Planning and accountability commitments documented; dedicated funding was not verified.
Read funding sourceEvidence & source location
July 15 announcement: adopted resolution, behavior-management prohibition and 2026–27 planning.
Additional official sources:
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
2026-10-04 — Official source scope, grades, status, exceptions and timeline reviewed for the historical register and reconciled with the main inventory. Independent review pending.
Record ID: MCS-2026-SCREEN
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