Creates a Digital Navigation Commission to study and recommend strategies to address inequities in digital access through digital navigators, including assessing resident needs, outcomes associated with digital navigation, opportunities for state agency support, and funding mechanisms such as contracting, grants, and state or federal reimbursement.

Requires the Commission to develop qualifications and standards and outline a statewide credentialing program, collect data on regional initiatives to identify implementation models and efficiencies, and file recommendations and any necessary legislation within one year. Sets membership to include legislative co-chairs; representatives of multiple state agencies, organizations within the Digital Navigation Network, and other stakeholder groups; and two recipients of services, with appointments due within 30 days and the Commission convening within 60 days thereafter.

This bill directs all providers of wireline, fixed wireless, or satellite broadband services in Massachusetts to offer affordable high-speed internet to low-income individuals. Eligibility for this service is based on participation in programs like SNAP, Medicaid, or SSI, or a household income not exceeding 200% of the federal poverty level. The required service must provide a minimum download speed of 100 Mbps, or match the provider's existing service, priced at a maximum of $15 per month, inclusive of recurring taxes and fees. Price increases are limited to a maximum of two percent annually, adjusted by the consumer price index. Providers offering a service with download speeds of 200 Mbps or more for $20 or less per month will also comply.

Establishes a Digital Navigation Commission to study and recommend strategies to reduce inequities in digital access by recruiting and implementing digital navigators who provide individualized support for affordable connectivity, devices, and digital skills. Requires the Commission to evaluate resident needs within a digital equity framework; assess outcomes related to social determinants of health and quality of life; identify opportunities for state agencies to support digital navigation; propose funding mechanisms including public and private contracting, state grants, and state and federal reimbursement; develop qualifications and standards, including a statewide credentialing process; and collect data on regional initiatives to inform program design and efficiencies.

Requires appointments within 30 days, an initial meeting within 60 days, and a report with recommendations, including any necessary legislation, within six months.

This bill requires schools to limit student access to personal electronic devices during the school day. Exceptions are made for emergencies or educational needs. Schools must communicate these policies to parents and submit them to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for oversight and guidance. Schools must also educate students on the social, emotional, and physical risks of social media use.

Social media platforms must implement nearly foolproof age verification systems and establish default privacy-focused settings for minors, including permitting communication and content sharing only with established connections, disabling features like autoplay and continuous scrolling, and barring access during certain hours, such as nighttime and school hours. Platforms are also required to include mechanisms for flagging unwanted content and must issue health warnings related to social media use. 

Requires school boards to adopt and enforce policies mandating that students' personal electronic communication devices-such as smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, wearables, and gaming devices-be turned off, locked away, and inaccessible for the entire school day and during any supervised school-related program, with access to a school-designated telephone for contacting parents and strict compliance provisions for students and employees; exempts device possession or use when medically necessary as determined by a licensed physician or required by a student's IEP or Section 504 plan.

Prohibits districts, employees, and volunteers from using social media to communicate with students; from allowing student access to social media or gaming apps during school hours or on school property; and from permitting social media access on school-issued devices, which must be configured to block such sites-while preserving school-to-parent/community communications and routine academic uses of email, shared documents, internet research, and electronic assignment submission.

Requires annual data collection on impacts to behavior, mental health, disciplinary incidents, attendance, and academic performance.

This bill directs all providers of wireline, fixed wireless, or satellite broadband services in Massachusetts to offer affordable high-speed internet to low-income individuals. Eligibility for this service is based on participation in programs like SNAP, Medicaid, or SSI, or a household income not exceeding 200% of the federal poverty level. The required service must provide a minimum download speed of 100 Mbps, or match the provider's existing service, priced at a maximum of $15 per month, inclusive of recurring taxes and fees. Price increases are limited to a maximum of two percent annually, adjusted by the consumer price index. Providers offering a service with download speeds of 200 Mbps or more for $20 or less per month will also comply.

Requires every public school or district to adopt and implement by the start of the 2026-2027 school year a personal electronic device policy that, at minimum, prohibits student physical access to such devices during the school day and sets standards for use on school grounds and at school-sponsored activities beyond the school day. Mandates clear exceptions for health and safety, disability-related accommodations (IEPs, 504 plans, ADA), travel to off-campus learning, multilingual learners, emergencies, and staff direction; requires one or more methods for parent-student contact during the day; and requires enforcement provisions applicable to students and employees that prevent inequitable discipline; policies may vary by grade level, must be approved by the appropriate governing body, and must be communicated to families.

Directs the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to issue guidance and model policies within 180 days-addressing avoidance of personal use of school-issued devices, options for secure storage of personal devices during the school day, and equitable enforcement-requires schools or districts to file their policies with the Department, requires regular updates to the guidance, and requires a report by December 31, 2027, on the impact of school personal device prohibitions.

Requires every public school and district to adopt and enforce a policy prohibiting student use and on-person possession of personal electronic devices on school grounds during the school day-including recess, lunch, and passing periods-and during school-sponsored activities held during the school day; mandates equitable, non-exclusionary enforcement that prohibits expulsion or suspension and requires at least one method for parent-student contact; and permits limited exceptions for IEP/504 or ADA accommodations, documented health needs, off-campus travel to learning opportunities, and case-specific exemptions such as emergencies, safety, teacher-directed instructional use, or multilingual learners.

Directs the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, after public input, to issue within 180 days guidance, recommendations, and a model policy-covering secure storage options, preventing personal use of school-issued devices, and enforcement safeguards-and to update them annually; if a local policy is not approved by September 1, the model policy takes effect.

Requires annual filing of local policies with the Department and annual notice to families, allows developmentally appropriate variations that do not expand use or possession beyond authorized exceptions, requires implementation before the 2026-2027 school year, and requires a report on implementation by December 31, 2027.

Requires every public school or district to adopt and enforce a policy prohibiting student use and on-person possession of personal electronic devices on school grounds during the school day-including recess, lunch, and passing time-and during school-sponsored activities held in the school day. Mandates at least one method for parent-student contact, including for emergencies; bars expulsion or suspension for violations while requiring safeguards against inequitable discipline; and limits exemptions to IEP/504 or other legal accommodations, documented medical necessity, off-campus travel to other learning opportunities, or case-specific exemptions authorized in the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's model policy.

Authorizes policies to vary by developmental level and school schedules but not to permit device use or on-person possession beyond those exemptions; requires annual notice to families and approval by the local governing body after public input; defaults to the Department's model policy if a local policy is not approved by September 1; and sets an adoption deadline before the 2026-2027 school year. Directs the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to issue recommendations, guidance, and a model policy within 180 days-including secure storage options, limits on personal use of school-issued devices, and enforceable compliance provisions-to solicit public input, review and update materials annually to reflect research and technological advances (including technology that may render devices inoperable), collect annual policy filings, and report on implementation by December 31, 2027.