HB1129 Authorizing superintendents or their designee to allow limited use of personal laptops and tablets in schools and establishing that such use is exempted under school cell phone use policies.
Authorizing superintendents or their designee to allow limited use of personal laptops and tablets in schools and establishing that such use is exempted under school cell phone use policies.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Mixed
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
No direct financial impact on taxpayers or families; the bill does not mandate device provision or impose new costs.
Your Community
School administrators gain flexibility to integrate personal devices into instruction, potentially improving educational access for students who have laptops or tablets while maintaining classroom discipline policies.
Your Freedom
Students gain the ability to use personal educational devices during school under superintendent discretion, and superintendents gain authority to determine appropriate exemptions to cell phone policies.
Status
Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted DV 189-161 03/05/2026 House Journal 6 P. 70
Sponsor
Muriel Hall (D)
The Short Version
This bill allows school superintendents to exempt personal laptops and tablets from cell phone use policies when used for specific educational purposes under direct teacher supervision. It clarifies that such devices can be used in schools while maintaining the existing prohibition on general cell phone use during instructional time.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Students with access to personal laptops or tablets for educational use
- ▲ Teachers seeking to integrate device-based learning
- ▲ School superintendents and administrators with discretion to allow educational device use
- ▲ Students with language proficiency needs who may benefit from tablet/laptop-based language programs
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Students without personal devices may experience inequitable access to device-enabled instruction
- ▼ Schools with limited oversight mechanisms may struggle to enforce the 'direct teacher supervision' requirement
Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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