North Carolina
CurrentS.L. 2025-38 — Wireless Communication Device Policy
Each public school unit must prohibit students from using, displaying, or having a wireless communication device turned on during instructional time, subject to educational/emergency, IEP/504, and documented health exceptions.
- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina · State / DC
- Policy status
- Effective
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Required with local discretion
- Grades
- All K-12
- Audience
- Students
- Learning evidence
- No student-learning claim
- Instrument
- Statute / enacted law
Dates & implementation
Adopted / approved
Jul 1, 2025
Legal start
Jul 1, 2025
Public school units had to adopt the policy by January 1, 2026. Instructional-time restrictions apply with educational, emergency, IEP/504 and documented medical exceptions.
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
Session Law 2025-38, §3(a)–(b); G.S.115C-76.100; approval clause.
Local governing bodies had to adopt compliant policies by Jan. 1, 2026. The statutory definition includes phones, tablets, laptops, pagers, two-way radios and gaming devices; this is not exclusively a school-issued-device rule.
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
2026-10-04 — Read the enacted statutory text, effective clause and school deadlines. Repaired the 2026 www3 source URL using the official www.ncleg.gov copy. Independent review pending.
Record ID: NC-2025-DEVICE-001
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