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Wyoming

Current

SF 35 / Chapter 56, Laws of 2026

Districts must adopt a device policy and report it to the superintendent. The act does not set a uniform full-day prohibition.

Jurisdiction
Wyoming · State / DC
Policy status
Effective
Implementation phase
Current
Requirement
Required with local discretion
Grades
All K-12
Audience
Districts / LEAs
Learning evidence
No student-learning claim
Instrument
Statute / enacted law

Dates & implementation

Adopted / approved

Mar 6, 2026

Legal start

Mar 6, 2026

Policy deadline July 1, 2026.

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

Local policy; certain limited-function wearables excluded from the device definition.

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

Wyoming SF35 enrolled, §21-3-110(a)(xlv), §2

Governance floor only; substantive local rules may range from limited to bell-to-bell restrictions.

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: WY-2026-DEVICE-001

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