Ahead of the approaching academic year, several states are scaling back ubiquitous digital learning in public schools.
In Iowa, a 60-minute limit on screen-based instruction for elementary school students takes effect for the 2027–2028 school year. District leaders have all of this year to develop a plan before the measure is enforced.
Utah’s legislation goes even further and may eventually prohibit schools from providing laptops to every student in grades K-6 while allowing parents of students in higher grades to opt out of school-issued devices.
State legislature websites indicate that similar laws were passed in Tennessee and Alabama earlier this year, requiring individual districts to develop and later enforce regulations for elementary school children, though a 60-minute time limit won’t necessarily become the standard….