Massachusetts
ProposedH.5366 (2026)
A proposed statewide school cellphone policy remains in the legislative process; it is not counted as an enacted restriction.
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts · State / DC
- Policy status
- Proposed
- Implementation phase
- Proposed
- Requirement
- Proposed / pending
- Grades
- All K-12
- Audience
- Students
- Learning evidence
- No student-learning claim
- Instrument
- Proposed bill
Dates & implementation
Official history shows conference-committee action in May 2026; no enactment established in this review.
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
Bill history and conference-committee actions.
Active proposal as last reviewed; not recorded as enacted. A separate FY2026 appropriation supports district phone-free implementation.
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: 2026-10-04
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: Replaced an amendment-only source with the bill history and excluded the proposal from operative totals.
Record ID: MA-2026-DEVICE-PROP
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