Thank you for your interest in completing this survey. The EveryLibrary Institute NFP is a non-profit, non-partisan education and public policy think tank for libraries. We are conducting this survey to understand the impact of "cellphone-free school" policies on school library programs, collections, and use. Participation is entirely voluntary, and all replies are kept anonymous unless you choose to opt-in at the end of the survey. This survey has 25 questions and will take approximately 12 minutes to complete.
At least 36 U.S. states have enacted statewide laws or policies around student cellphone use in K-12 schools (as of early 2026), with a growing subset instituting full-day bans or near-bell-to-bell restrictions. Twenty-seven of those ban or limit classroom use, 5 simply require local policies, and 4 formally encourage restrictions. As “phone-free” schools become more prevalent, the EveryLibrary Institute would like to understand how student cell-phone restrictions or prohibitions may affect school library circulation, reading engagement, and programming in K–12 schools. We hope to advise education policy makers, school administrators, and legislators through these findings.

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