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Arizona Revised Statutes section 15-120.05, school district and charter school policies on student internet access, social media platforms and wireless communication devices (Laws 2025, chapter 53, House Bill 2484)
In force since .
An education rule binding government bodies.
- Criminal exposure
- No
- Private right of action
- No
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- This section binds each school district governing board and each charter school governing body, and names no duty for an online service, an app developer or a social media platform (A.R.S. 15-120.05).
- If you are a school district governing board or a charter school governing body, prescribe and enforce policies and procedures that govern student access to the internet as provided by the school, including policies that restrict student access to social media platforms (A.R.S. 15-120.05(A)(1)).
- Those internet access policies and procedures must allow teachers to give students access to social media platforms to the extent necessary for educational purposes (A.R.S. 15-120.05(A)(1)).
- Prescribe and enforce policies and procedures that limit the use of wireless communication devices by students during the school day, which includes meals, passing periods and recess (A.R.S. 15-120.05(A)(2) and (C)(1)).
- The device policies and procedures must allow students to use wireless communication devices for educational purposes as directed by the student's teacher, during an emergency, or because the student has a medical condition, and must include procedures for a parent and a student to contact each other during the school day (A.R.S. 15-120.05(A)(2)(a) to (c)).
- At the beginning of each school year, a school district must give parents, teachers and students a copy of the policies and notify them of any changes to the policy (A.R.S. 15-120.05(B)).
- A school district or charter school need not adopt new policies or procedures if its existing ones met the requirements of subsection A on the effective date of the act (Laws 2025, chapter 53, section 2).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
None stated. The section names no regulator, creates no enforcement power and sets no penalty.
What it reaches
Covered services
None directly: the duties run to each school district governing board and charter school governing body, which must adopt and enforce policies on student access to the internet the school provides, including social media platforms, and on student use of wireless communication devices during the school day.
Instrument type
an act of a legislature
What record it asks for
Logging duty
The section requires internet access and device policies and an annual notice of them, and requires no log, no audit and no retention period.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Section 15-120.05 of the Arizona Revised Statutes requires each school district governing board and charter school governing body to prescribe and enforce policies and procedures that govern student access to the internet as provided by the school, including policies that restrict student access to social media platforms. The policies on student internet access must allow teachers to give students access to social media platforms to the extent necessary for educational purposes.
The policies and procedures must also limit the use of wireless communication devices by students during the school day. The device policies must allow a student to use a wireless communication device for educational purposes as directed by the student's teacher, during an emergency, or when the student needs the device because of a medical condition.
The device policies must also include procedures for a student's parent to contact the student during the school day and for a student to contact the student's parent during the school day. At the beginning of each school year, the school district must provide parents, teachers and students a copy of the policies and notify the parents, teachers and students of any changes to the policy.
The section defines a social media platform as a website, computer application or other digital platform that is used for social networking and creating or exchanging virtual content. House Bill 2484, chapter 53 of the Laws of 2025, added section 15-120.05 to the Arizona Revised Statutes. The Governor approved chapter 53 on . The section took effect on , the general effective date for acts of the 2025 First Regular Session.
A school district or charter school is not required to develop and adopt new policies or procedures under the section if its existing policies or procedures meet the requirements of subsection A on the effective date of the act.
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