Sign the National Letter of Support

Show your support for your state implementing phone, device and social media free schools​​​.​

This effort is a collaboration between the Becca Schmill Foundation, The Anxious Generation, Phone Free Schools Movement, Fairplay and Smartphone Free Childhood USA.

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Our Model Legislation Package ensures the following:

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1. Personal electronic devices are turned off, securely locked away, and inaccessible to students from “first bell to last bell,” and while students are being supervised by district staff (exceptions for medical needs and IEP plans).

2. Prohibition of integrating social media platforms into student education and communications for school-to-student or after-school programs run by the school district. However, this does not prevent a school from using social media for non-student community communication and school-to-parent/guardian communication.

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Extensive research has made it abundantly clear that bell-to-bell personal device-free policies - phones locked and stored away in a safe location - improve school environments by increasing academic engagement and student social connection. Devices, including but not limited to cellular phones, tablets, smartwatches, other wearables, and gaming devices, distract from learning and interrupt opportunities for students to engage in face-to-face interaction with each other.

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Social media platforms are also a source of distraction and increased opportunities for cyberbullying and other harm. In May 2023, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy stated that social media platforms have not been determined to be sufficiently safe for use by children and adolescents.