SB 185 (2024)

Requires public and charter schools to adopt policies generally prohibiting student use of wireless communication devices during instructional time, with educational, emergency, health and disability exceptions.

Personal devices

Jurisdiction: Indiana · State / DC
Policy status: Superseded
Implementation phase: Archived
Requirement: Required with local discretion
Grades: All K-12
Audience: Students
Learning evidence: No student-learning claim
Instrument: Statute / enacted law

Dates & implementation

Timing not separately indexed; consult the source and scope notes.

A legal effective date can precede school implementation. This record documents policy intent or requirements; it does not independently confirm delivery in every classroom.

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

Specific section not yet indexed. Indiana 2024 Digest of Enactments — SB 185

Indiana 2024 Digest of Enactments — SB 185https://dev-web.iga.in.gov/publications/session_reference_doc/2024-Digests-of-Enactments.pdf ↗

Instructional-time floor; local policies govern storage and enforcement. See MCCSC 2026 notice and SEA 78. Statewide successor text requires indexing before a new statewide action is published.

Review history

Research record · review pending

Source availability checked Oct 4, 2026: Retrieval unresolved. This is separate from verification of the policy claim below.

Source review date recorded in database: 10/3/2026

2026-10-03 — Archived instructional-time rule: district primary evidence identifies SEA 78 as the successor; exact statewide text remains in the research queue.

Record ID: IN-2024-DEVICE-001

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