North Carolina
CurrentNCDPI Guidance for Purposeful Screen Use in Schools
NCDPI guidance tells schools to move beyond one-size-fits-all screen-time approaches toward intentional, developmentally appropriate and purpose-driven digital-tool use, with strategies supporting learning, well-being and self-regulation.
- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina · State / DC
- Policy status
- Guidance current
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Recommended
- Grades
- All K-12
- Audience
- Multiple
- Learning evidence
- No student-learning claim
- Instrument
- State education agency guidance
Dates & implementation
Adopted / approved
Jun 23, 2026
Guidance announced June 23, 2026; recommended local practices, not a binding numerical screen-time limit.
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
June 23, 2026 bulletin: New Guidance for Purposeful Screen Use in Schools
Current guidance does not establish a statewide fixed daily screen-time cap; it emphasizes purposeful use rather than elimination.
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: June 23, 2026 NCDPI bulletin section New Guidance for Purposeful Screen Use reviewed: purpose-driven guidance rather than a screen-time cap.
Record ID: NC-2026-SCREEN-001
Suggest a correction to this record