Assigned to ED AS PASSED BY COW
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
AMENDED
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 as outlined, unless the school district or
charter school has existing policies and procedures that meet the prescribed requirements on the
effective date.
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 a school district or charter school is not required to develop and adopt the policies
or procedures that govern student access to school-provided internet and limit use of wireless
communication devices if the school district or charter school has existing policies or
procedures that meet the prescribed requirements on the effective date. FACT SHEET – Amended
H.B. 2484
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3. Requires the policies and procedures limiting student use of wireless communication devices
to include procedures for a student's parent to contact the student and for a student to contact
the student's parent during the school day.
4. Specifies that policies and procedures limiting student use of wireless communication devices
must allow students to use wireless communication devices:
a) for educational purposes, as directed by the student's teacher;
b) during an emergency; or
c) if the student needs a wireless communication device because of a medical condition.
5. 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.
6. Requires the school district to provide a copy of the outlined policies, and notification of any
changes to the policy, to parents, teachers and students at the beginning of each school year.
7. Defines school day as periods of time when students are at school, including meals, passing
periods and recess.
8. 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.
9. Specifies wireless communication devices includes personal devices and school provided
devices.
10. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by Committee
1. Requires the policies and procedures limiting student use of wireless communication devices
to allow:
a) students and parents to contact one another; and
b) a student to use a wireless communication device because the student has a medical
condition.
2. Requires the school district to provide a copy of the outlined policies, and notification of any
changes to the policy, to parents, teachers and students at the beginning of each school year.
3. Makes technical and conforming changes.
Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole
• Specifies that a school district or charter school is not required to develop and adopt the policies
or procedures if the school district or charter school has existing policies or procedures that
meet the prescribed requirements on the effective date. FACT SHEET – Amended
H.B. 2484
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House Action Senate Action
ST 2/12/25 DP 9-0-0-0 ED 3/12/25 DPA 7-0-0
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Read 2/24/25 41-18-1
Prepared by Senate Research
April 9, 2025
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