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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 29
February 12, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Cabral-Guevara
and
Feyen
, cosponsored by Representatives
Kitchens
,
Knodl
,
Dittrich
,
Donovan
,
Green
,
B. Jacobson
,
Melotik
,
Murphy
,
Mursau
,
Nedweski
,
O'Connor
,
Steffen
and
Tusler
. Referred to Committee on Education.
SB29,1,3
1
An Act
to amend
119.04 (1);
to create
120.12 (29) of the statutes;
relating to:
2
requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless
3
communication devices during instructional time.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires each school board to adopt, by July 1, 2026, a policy that generally prohibits pupils from using wireless communication devices during instructional time. For purposes of these policies, the bill requires each school board to define a “wireless communication device” as a portable wireless device that is capable of providing voice, messaging, or other data communication between two or more parties. The bill expressly states that this definition must include cellular phones, tablet computers, laptop computers, and gaming devices. Finally, under the bill, each school board must include in its wireless communication device policy exceptions to the general prohibition against using wireless communication devices during instructional time 1) for emergencies and perceived threats, 2) to manage a pupil’s health care, 3) for a use included in an individualized education program or 504 plan, and 4) for a use authorized by a teacher for educational purposes. The bill also authorizes a school board to include other exceptions if the school board determines that doing so is beneficial for pupil education or well-being.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1
Section
1
.
119.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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2
119.04
(1)
Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
3
66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
4
115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415,
5
115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10,
6
118.12, 118.124, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162,
7
118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2)
8
(c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292,
9
118.293, 118.2935, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55,
10
118.56, 118.58, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5),
and
(15) to (27),
and (29),
120.125, 120.13 (1),
11
(2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137,
12
120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school
13
district and board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter or in the terms
14
of a contract, to the commissioner or to any school transferred to an opportunity
15
schools and partnership program.
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16
Section
2
.
120.12 (29) of the statutes is created to read:
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17
120.12
(29)
Prohibited uses of wireless communication devices.
(a) By
18
July 1, 2026, adopt a wireless communication device policy that prohibits pupils
19
from using a wireless communication device during instructional time. A school
20
board may include in the policy under this paragraph consequences for a pupil
21
violating the policy, including confiscating a pupil’s wireless communication device
22
for the remainder of the school day.
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1
(b) Include all of the following in a policy under par. (a):
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1. That "wireless communication device" means a portable wireless device
3
that has the capability to provide voice, messaging, or other data communication
4
between 2 or more parties and includes all of the following:
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5
a. A cellular telephone.
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b. A tablet computer.
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c. A laptop computer.
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d. A gaming device.
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2. Exceptions to the prohibition required under par. (a) for all of the following:
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a. In the event of an emergency or a perceived threat.
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b. To manage the pupil’s health care.
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12
c. A use included in a pupil’s individualized education program or a plan
13
developed under section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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14
d. A use authorized by a teacher for educational purposes during instructional
15
time.
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16
3. Other exceptions to the prohibition required under par. (a) if the school
17
board determines doing so is beneficial to pupil learning or well-being.
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