Alaska phone-free school law (2026): Alaska requires every district to adopt and enforce a personal-wireless-device policy during school hours. Here's what administrators need to know about compliance, scope, and enforcement.
Alaska has enacted a statewide phone-free school law. Under HB 57 (2025) — signed by Became law over Gov. Dunleavy veto 2025-05-20 — every district must adopt a policy restricting student personal-device use during instructional time. The law takes effect 2025–26 school year, and many Alaska districts are choosing to extend their policies bell-to-bell.
What Alaska's Phone-Free School Law Requires
- • Statute: HB 57 (became law May 2025 after legislative override)
- • Scope: Mandatory district policies covering school hours
- • Effective: 2025–26 school year
- • Enforcement: Local district choice (storage, app-based, or honor)
- • Aligns with Alaska State Board of Education model resolution
How Alaska Schools Comply
Alaska's law gives districts flexibility on how to enforce. The schools that succeed pair a written policy with an enforcement mechanism that doesn't put the burden on teachers — and that produces compliance data when the state asks for it.
Three enforcement models
- • Physical pouches (e.g., Yondr): high per-student cost, daily distribution logistics, and limited compliance data.
- • District storage (lockers, cubbies, classroom caddies): lowest cost but relies on staff to police compliance.
- • Device-level software (LockedIn): OS-level locking, geofencing, and automated compliance reporting — no daily logistics.
Why Alaska schools choose LockedIn
LockedIn is a software-based phone-free campus solution built for Alaska's schools. It provides
OS-level device locking,
campus geofencing, real-time monitoring, and automated compliance reports — exactly what Alaska administrators need to demonstrate that the policy is being enforced. Unlike physical pouches, there's no hardware to lose, replace, or distribute. See our full
comparison of phone-free campus solutions or the
LockedIn vs Yondr pouches guide.
Alaska-specific context
Alaska's geography rules out solutions that depend on shipping, restocking, or replacing hardware. Many village schools
are accessible only by bush plane, and replacement pouches can take weeks to arrive. LockedIn deploys identically in
Anchorage, Juneau, and the most remote village schools — there's no inventory to manage.
Verify the law in Alaska
Read the primary source — HB 57 (2025) — and confirm the latest guidance with your state agency before adopting policy.
See our complete phone-free school laws by state directory for legislation updates across all 50 states + DC.
Get started
Alaska schools can be phone-free in less than a day with LockedIn. Use our free phone-free school policy generator to draft a compliant policy, then contact our team to deploy district-wide.