States move to limit classroom screen time

Our summary

By July 2026, four states had passed laws restricting or regulating screen time from child care through 5th grade. Iowa capped K-5 digital instruction at 60 minutes a day, with exceptions for special education, assessments, and computer science. Utah directed its education board to write grade-specific technology rules, including K-3 screen restrictions and an end to one-device-per-student in elementary school. Tennessee now requires K-5 districts to adopt device policies that minimize unnecessary screen time, and Alabama set screen time standards for child care, pre-K, and kindergarten. Similar bills in Missouri and Oklahoma failed.