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Amendment H-8070 to HF 2676

Relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutrition, medication, and education, and including effective date and applicability provisions

Adopted · March 3, 2026Vote: 93 yeas, 2 nays

Filed March 2, 2026 in the House by

In plain words

AI summary This amendment adds new rules requiring certain educational entities to follow student instructional technology standards. It limits digital instruction for students in kindergarten through fifth grade to sixty minutes per school day, with certain exceptions, and requires school districts to adopt and publish technology use policies.1

What it changes

  1. Page 7, after line 23 by inserting: “DIVISION ___ STUDENT INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS Sec. ___. Section 256E.7, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . 0s. Be subject to and comply with the requirements of section 279.89 relating to student instructional technology standards in the same manner as a school district. Sec. ___. Section 256F.4, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . w. Be subject to and comply with the requirements of section 279.89 relating to student instructional technology standards in the same manner as a school district. Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 279.89 Student instructional technology standards.
  2. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Digital instruction” means lessons, assignments, assessments, or instructional activities delivered through instructional technology. b. “Instructional technology” means a laptop, tablet, computer, smart device, software platform, or other similar device or platform used for student learning. c. “One-to-one digital device program” means a program through which a school district provides or assigns a digital device to each student for instructional use.
  3. a. For students enrolled in grades kindergarten through five, digital instruction shall not exceed sixty minutes per school day. b. The following uses shall not count toward the daily limit: (1) Use required pursuant to an individualized education program or a plan developed pursuant to section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of
  4. (2) Assistive or adaptive technology necessary to provide a student access to instruction. (3) Teacher-directed demonstrations using a projector, smartboard, or similar display device when students are not individually operating a digital device. (4) State assessments and progress monitoring that requires the use of a one-to-one digital device. (5) Dedicated computer science and technology curriculum.
  5. a. The board of directors of each school district shall adopt a written technology use policy applicable to grades kindergarten through five. b. The policy shall include all of the following: (1) The district’s daily digital instruction limits. (2) A list of digital platforms and applications used for instruction. (3) Notice of a parent’s or guardian’s right to request additional reductions in the parent’s or guardian’s child’s digital instruction. (4) A statement that instructional technology shall support, and not supplant, foundational learning. (5) A prohibition on the use of digital devices during recess. c. The policy shall be published on each elementary school’s internet site.
  6. a. Prior to adopting or renewing a one-to-one digital device program for any grade level, the board of directors of a school district shall complete a technology adoption checklist that documents consideration of all of the following: (1) The instructional purpose of the device. (2) Age appropriateness of the device and associated software. (3) Content-filtering limitations and the district’s capacity to mitigate those limitations. (4) Whether student data is collected, stored, or shared, and the nature of such data practices. b. The checklist shall be retained by the board and made available to the department of education upon request for audit or compliance purposes. c. Each school district shall make publicly available on the district’s internet site a list of one-to-one digital device programs in use, and information regarding opt-out options for parents who decline participation in digital instruction.
  7. This section shall not apply to students enrolled in an online learning program operating pursuant to section 256.43.”
  8. Title page, line 2, after “medication,” by inserting “and education,”
  9. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book