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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2484
school policies; internet; wireless devices
Purpose
Requires each school district governing board (governing board) and charter school
governing body (governing body) to prescribe and enforce policies and procedures that govern
student access to internet, restrict student access to social media platforms and limit student use of
wireless communication devices during the school day.
Background
The State Board of Education (SBE) must establish best practices for social media and
cellular telephone use between students and school personnel, including teachers, coaches and
counselors, and encourage governing boards and governing bodies to adopt policies that
implement these best practices. The SBE must make these best practices available to public and
private schools (A.R.S. § 15-203).
A local education agency must adopt policies regarding the use of technology and the
internet while at school. This policy must include notifying a parent of the adopted policies and
the parent's ability to prohibit the student from the use of technology and the internet while at
school in which personally identifiable information may be shared with an operator (A.R.S.
§ 15-1046).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires each governing board and governing body to prescribe and enforce policies and
procedures that:
a) govern student access to the internet provided by the school, including policies that restrict
student access to social media platforms; and
b) limit the use of wireless communication devices by students during the school day.
2. Specifies that policies and procedures governing student access to the internet must allow
teachers to give students access to social media platforms to the extent necessary for
educational purposes.
3. Specifies that policies and procedures limiting student use of wireless communication devices
must allow students to use wireless communication devices for educational purposes, as
directed by the student's teacher, or during an emergency. FACT SHEET
H.B. 2484
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4. Defines school day as periods of time when students are at school, including meals, passing
periods and recess.
5. Defines social media platform as a website, computer application or other digital platform that
is used for social networking and creating or exchanging virtual content.
6. Specifies wireless communication devices includes personal devices and school provided
devices.
7. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
ST 2/12/25 DP 9-0-0-0
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Read 2/24/25 41-18-1
Prepared by Senate Research
March 10, 2025
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