Allows parents to opt out of their child being issued or having to use a school wireless communication device, except for State assessments issued for compliance with federal law, in GS 115C-76.25 (listing parental legal rights for their child’s education). Adds the following restrictions to the required public school policy on wireless communication devices under GS 115C-76.100:

• Bars students in kindergarten through fifth grade from using any wireless communication device in the classroom and provides for print-based instruction, materials, and tests, as described.
• Allows students in grades six through eight to use wireless communication devices that are shared between other students or classrooms. Prevents schools from issuing individual wireless communication devices to students in those grades. Limits time to less than an hour per day. Requires firewalls to limit access to non-educational content. Requires the wireless communication device to remain on school premises at all times.
• Allows students in grades nine through twelve to use wireless communication devices individually for instructional purposes. Limits time to less than an hour and 30 minutes per day. Requires that any assignments or homework that require the use of a school-issued wireless communication device outside of normal school hours do not require a student to use such digital device for more than one hour per day to complete the assignments or homework.

Requires printed materials to be used in all classrooms in kindergarten through eighth grade in GS 115C-85.

Appropriates $930 million from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) in recurring funds beginning with 2026-27 to be used to allocated one teacher assistant to every classroom serving students in kindergarten through grade five. Appropriates $4.3 million from the General Fund to DPI in recurring funds beginning with 2026-27 to provide grants pursuant to GS 115C-269.31.