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Some Alabama lawmakers are considering legislation for the 2025 legislative session that would limit children’s access to technology.
At the most recent State Board of Education work session, State Superintendent Eric Mackey brought up potential laws around cell phone restrictions, which board members have expressed support for in the past, as well as potential age restrictions for social media.
“That’s not something we as a board can do,” he said.
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Michael Sibley, spokesperson for the Alabama State Department of Education, wrote Monday that Mackey did not have much to add “except that he is reading up on both issues as much as possible.”
No bills on the topics have yet been prefiled for next year’s session, which begins in February..
Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur, who chairs the House Education Policy Committee, said Tuesday that she would support legislation that restricts cell phone use in school.