State profile · AL
Reviewed policies, grades and school implementation dates. District examples cover 0 distinct districts; it is not a statewide implementation survey.
Full-day restriction includes lunch and transitions; devices are off and stored off the person.
Applies from 2025–26; local policy deadline July 1, 2025.
Exceptions & source ↗Statewide · Upcoming
Grades: Public kindergarten; covered pre-K and childcare · Requirement: Required
Sets an early-childhood screen-use framework, including limits, supervised use and prohibitions on passive/background screens.
Starts / rollout: Covered programs must implement screen-time policies from January 1, 2027.
Adoption, exceptions & funding evidence ↗Learning & relevant rules for use
Reviewed learning policies will appear here as coverage expands. The state’s reviewed rules for use appear above.
No reviewed support program is listed here yet. Individual policy details include any documented funding or training provision.
These are Stewart Brown’s planning questions, not additional legal requirements.
These records are excluded from the map and summaries while their claims are checked.
Open the research recordsRestrictions
Current evidence indexed
1 action in this collection
Governance
Evidence gap
No current statewide record indexed. Research remains open.
Learning
Current evidence indexed
1 action in this collection
Requires local boards to prohibit student use of wireless communication devices during the instructional day, with statutory educational, health, disability and emergency exceptions.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Requires students to receive instruction on the risks and benefits of social media and how to use social media before entering eighth grade.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Sets an early-childhood screen-use framework, including limits, supervised use and prohibitions on passive/background screens.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.
No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.
No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.
Consistent 16-dimension checklist
Inventory reviewed October 3, 2026. 7/16 dimensions have published evidence of any status. Every dimension remains open to additional sources and superseding actions.
| Dimension | Current statewide evidence | Other published evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Personal devices | 1 linked action | 0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| School-issued devices | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Screen time | Not yet established | 0 current district actions · 1 future, proposed, or historical |
| Student AI | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Staff AI | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| AI governance | Not yet established | 1 current district action · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| Social media / network | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Privacy / cybersecurity | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| AI literacy | Not yet established | 0 current district actions · 1 future, proposed, or historical |
| Computer science | Not yet established | 0 current district actions · 1 future, proposed, or historical |
| Digital literacy | Not yet established | 0 current district actions · 1 future, proposed, or historical |
| Media literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Digital citizenship | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Cybersecurity literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Data literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Social-media literacy | 1 linked action | 0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
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