Louisiana phone-free school law (2026): Louisiana bars students from possessing electronic telecommunication devices throughout the instructional day; phones must be off and stowed. Here's what administrators need to know about compliance, scope, and enforcement.
Louisiana has a statewide bell-to-bell phone-free school law in effect. Under SB 207 / Act 313 (2024) — signed by Gov. Jeff Landry 2024-05-28 — every public school in Louisiana must keep student personal devices off and out of reach for the entire school day. Effective 2024–25 school year, Louisiana now joins the growing majority of U.S. states with a statutory ban on classroom phone use.
What Louisiana's Phone-Free School Law Requires
- • Statute: SB 207 / Act 313, signed May 28, 2024
- • Scope: bell-to-bell during the school day
- • Phones must be off and stored
- • Effective: 2024–25 school year
- • Now in second full year of statewide compliance
How Louisiana Schools Comply
Louisiana's bell-to-bell scope is the strictest model — phones must be inaccessible from the first bell to dismissal, including lunch, passing periods, and study halls. That makes enforcement and documented compliance the hard part, not the policy itself.
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 Louisiana schools choose LockedIn
LockedIn is a software-based phone-free campus solution built for Louisiana's schools. It provides
OS-level device locking,
campus geofencing, real-time monitoring, and automated compliance reports — exactly what Louisiana 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.
Verify the law in Louisiana
Read the primary source — SB 207 / Act 313 (2024) — 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
Louisiana 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.