Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school hours, prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes and requiring school districts to report on the amount of screen time that certain students experience during a typical school day.

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The bill would require every Kansas school district and accredited non‑public school to adopt policies that forbid students from using personal electronic communication devices during school hours, with limited exceptions for individualized education or medical needs. It also bars school employees from privately messaging students on social‑media platforms for official purposes, unless a board‑approved platform is used for one‑way communications. Additionally, districts would have to report the average daily screen time of kindergarten through fourth‑grade students.

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