SAFE SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY

The goal of the safe school technology model bill is to protect students, empower educators, and ensure that every classroom tool—digital or traditional—serves a single purpose: helping students learn in safe and effective ways.​​​​​

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See our Safe School Tech Advocacy Resources Page​​

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Online and digital products marketed to schools often provide unsafe, ineffective, or inappropriate experiences and collect and share student data without appropriate consent.

 

A lack of regulation has led to:

• Technology companies marketing commercial products as “educational” with no accountability.

• Collection and monetization of student data for non-educational purposes.

• Platforms with advertising, gamification, AI, chat features, and addictive design in classrooms.

• Parents being excluded from decisions about their child’s digital exposure.

• Insufficient privacy and safety protections in school technology.

• Lower math and reading scores on standardized tests such as PISA and NAEP.

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Proposed Solution: 

Before being used in a classroom, school technology marketed for use by students must be independently vetted for: 

1. Safety;  

2. Effectiveness; 

3. Compliance with existing laws.

 

Standards for device Introduction: 

1. Grades K-5: No screen time.

2. Grades 6-8: Shared classroom technology use that is teacher supervised. Tech stays at school.

3. Grades 9-12: One-to-one tech introduced and may go home with students with parent permission.