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Act No. 2
Public Acts of 2026
Approved by the Governor
February 10, 2026
Filed with the Secretary of State
February 10, 2026
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 10, 2026
STATE OF MICHIGAN
103RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2026
Introduced by Reps. Tisdel, DeBoer and Schmaltz
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4141
AN ACT to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “An act to provide a system of public instruction and elementary and
secondary schools; to revise, consolidate, and clarify the laws relating to elementary and secondary education; to
provide for the organization, regulation, and maintenance of schools, school districts, public school academie s,
intermediate school districts, and other public school entities; to prescribe rights, powers, duties, and privileges
of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school districts, and other public school entities;
to provide for the regulation of school teachers and certain other school employees; to provide for school elections
and to prescribe powers and duties with respect thereto; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes; to provide
for the borrowing of money and issuanc e of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to establish a fund and
provide for expenditures from that fund; to make appropriations for certain purposes; to provide for and prescribe
the powers and duties of certain state departments, the state board o f education, and certain other boards and
officials; to provide for licensure of boarding schools; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts, ”
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1303a; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 1303a. (1) Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, the board of a school district or the board of directors
of a public school academy shall implement a wireless communications device policy that prohibits students from
using a wireless communications device on school grounds during instructional time.
(2) The board of a school district or the board of directors of a public school academy may implement additional
restrictions regarding the use of wireless communications devices.
(3) A wireless communications device policy implemented under this section must provide details regarding
enforcement mechanisms that the school will use to achieve the goals of the policy.
(4) A wireless communications device policy implemented under this section must provide exemptions for all
of the following:
(a) Medically necessary devices.
(b) District-owned devices, including, but not limited to, school-issued tablets and laptops.
(c) Devices designated by the district to be used for instructional purposes.
(d) Devices used for special education programming or devices provided as an accommodation to students as
required under section 504 of title V of the rehabilitation act of 1973, 29 USC 794, or as part of an individualized
education plan under title II of the Americans with disabilities act of 1990, 42 USC 12131 to 12165.
(e) Lesson-specific academic assignments, at the limited and direct discretion of a classroom teacher.
(f) Emergency situations, as described in an emergency operations plan developed under section 1308b. Use of
a wireless communications device under this subdivision must not interfere with school emergency protocols or
the actions of first responders, and must not endanger students or faculty.
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(5) The board of a school district or board of directors of a public school academy shall post the wireless
communications device policy implemented under this section on the school district ’s or public school academy ’s
website.
(6) As used in this section:
(a) “ Basic telephone” means a device primarily used for voice calling that cannot support third-party
applications, except those preinstalled, and does not support access to internet platforms via applications or web
browsers.
(b) “School grounds” means a building, playing field, or property used for school purposes to impart instruction
to children or used for functions and events sponsored by a school . School grounds does not include a building
used primarily for adult education or college extension courses.
(c) “Wireless communications device” means an electronic device capable of, but not limited to, text messaging,
voice communication, entertainment, navigation, accessing the internet, sending and receiving photos and videos,
or producing email. Wireless communications device does not include a basic telephone.
Enacting section 1. Section 1303 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1303, is repealed.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 495 of the 103rd Legislature
is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor