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 with local discretion
- Grades
- All grades
- Audience
- Students
- Learning evidence
- No student-learning claim
- Instrument
- District policy / directive
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.
Dated new policy package; does not establish the jurisdiction’s first restriction.
Review history
Reviewed against primary evidence
Source availability checked Oct 4, 2026: See audited register. This is separate from verification of the policy claim below.
Source review date recorded in database: 2026-10-04
Imported from the separately audited restriction register; source quality is disclosed in Evidence level.
Record ID: VERIFIED-MCS-2026-SCREEN
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