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Core Policy Mechanism Top 2
School Phone Ban Grant Program
Creates a competitive federal grant program for Title I schools that ban student use of personal electronic devices during class time, funding purchases of storage equipment and staff training to enforce the ban.
- Population Scope Medium Reaches Title I schools nationwide — roughly half of all U.S. public schools — along with their students and staff, a substantial but not universal share of the K-12 population.
- Budgetary Magnitude Low No specific dollar amount or authorization ceiling is stated, leaving funding magnitude indeterminate; grants are competitive and discretionary, signaling a modest fiscal footprint.
- Legal / Regulatory Depth Medium Creates a new statutory grant authority for the Secretary of Education and a new eligibility framework for Title I schools, but the core legal move is procedural — establishing application, award, and reporting mechanics rather than imposing a substantive mandate across the regulated population.
- Degree of Discretion Granted Medium Department of Education must establish and award the program ('shall'), but retains significant discretion over application requirements, award criteria, and grant amounts through competitive selection.
- Implementation & Enforcement Burden Low Requires only grant application processing and a one-year outcome report from recipients, imposing minimal ongoing compliance or enforcement infrastructure.
- Temporal Commitment High Persists indefinitely until Congress acts to repeal or amend it.
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Carve-outs, Exemptions, Eligibility Top 2
Device Ban Exceptions for Health and Disability
Requires that school device bans include administrator-approved exceptions for students with health conditions needing a device for treatment, students with disabilities requiring a device under an individualized education program or Section 504 plan, and emergencies.
- Population Scope Low Directly affects only students with documented disabilities, health conditions requiring device-based treatment, or those in emergencies — a narrow subset of the already-limited Title I school population.
- Budgetary Magnitude Low No funds are authorized or appropriated; the provision is a policy mandate with no budgetary dimension.
- Legal / Regulatory Depth Medium Creates a binding statutory procedural constraint on schools, requiring that any qualifying ban policy preserve specific enumerated exceptions — constraining existing school discretion rather than establishing a new substantive right or prohibition across the regulated population.
- Degree of Discretion Granted Medium School administrators retain approval authority over individual exception requests, but the categories of permissible exceptions are fixed by statute, limiting the scope of that discretion.
- Implementation & Enforcement Burden Low Compliance requires only that schools document and administer exceptions within existing IEP and Section 504 frameworks already in use, imposing no new enforcement infrastructure.
- Temporal Commitment High Same as above.
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Summary
This bill creates a federal grant program to help schools ban cell phones and other personal electronic devices (PEDs) during class time. Schools that already receive federal Title I education funds and have a PED ban in place can apply for competitive grants to buy storage equipment like phone lockers and train staff on enforcing the policy. The ban must allow exceptions for students with health conditions, students with disabilities, and emergencies.
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Core Policy Mechanism Top 2
School Phone Ban Grant Program
Creates a competitive federal grant program for Title I schools that ban student use of personal electronic devices during class time, funding purchases of storage equipment and staff training to enforce the ban.
- Population Scope Medium Reaches Title I schools nationwide — roughly half of all U.S. public schools — along with their students and staff, a substantial but not universal share of the K-12 population.
- Budgetary Magnitude Low No specific dollar amount or authorization ceiling is stated, leaving funding magnitude indeterminate; grants are competitive and discretionary, signaling a modest fiscal footprint.
- Legal / Regulatory Depth Medium Creates a new statutory grant authority for the Secretary of Education and a new eligibility framework for Title I schools, but the core legal move is procedural — establishing application, award, and reporting mechanics rather than imposing a substantive mandate across the regulated population.
- Degree of Discretion Granted Medium Department of Education must establish and award the program ('shall'), but retains significant discretion over application requirements, award criteria, and grant amounts through competitive selection.
- Implementation & Enforcement Burden Low Requires only grant application processing and a one-year outcome report from recipients, imposing minimal ongoing compliance or enforcement infrastructure.
- Temporal Commitment High Persists indefinitely until Congress acts to repeal or amend it.
No signal yet
Core Policy Mechanism
School Phone Ban Grant Program
Carve-outs, Exemptions, Eligibility Top 2
Device Ban Exceptions for Health and Disability
Requires that school device bans include administrator-approved exceptions for students with health conditions needing a device for treatment, students with disabilities requiring a device under an individualized education program or Section 504 plan, and emergencies.
- Population Scope Low Directly affects only students with documented disabilities, health conditions requiring device-based treatment, or those in emergencies — a narrow subset of the already-limited Title I school population.
- Budgetary Magnitude Low No funds are authorized or appropriated; the provision is a policy mandate with no budgetary dimension.
- Legal / Regulatory Depth Medium Creates a binding statutory procedural constraint on schools, requiring that any qualifying ban policy preserve specific enumerated exceptions — constraining existing school discretion rather than establishing a new substantive right or prohibition across the regulated population.
- Degree of Discretion Granted Medium School administrators retain approval authority over individual exception requests, but the categories of permissible exceptions are fixed by statute, limiting the scope of that discretion.
- Implementation & Enforcement Burden Low Compliance requires only that schools document and administer exceptions within existing IEP and Section 504 frameworks already in use, imposing no new enforcement infrastructure.
- Temporal Commitment High Same as above.
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Carve-outs, Exemptions, Eligibility
Device Ban Exceptions for Health and Disability
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