Enacting the age-appropriate school device act to establish safety standards and requirements for the use of school-issued devices in certain grade levels and authorizing parents to opt students out of certain uses of such devices.
SB 350 establishes grade-level rules for school-issued digital devices in Kansas public schools (K-12), directly affecting students, schools, and parents. It bans digital devices entirely for K-5 (requiring print-based instruction), restricts shared device use with time limits (max 1 hour/day) and blocks social media for grades 6-8, and allows issued devices for grades 9-12 with strict safety settings (blocking social media, disabling cameras, limiting use to 90 minutes/day). The bill mandates schools to provide media literacy instruction on digital health risks and requires parental opt-out for device issuance, home use, or digital testing. Schools must delete personal data between student uses and maintain safety standards for all devices.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2026
Last action Apr 10, 2026
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5
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Committee
3
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Education; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Education
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Education
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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