The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 16 : Education
Chapter 009 : School Districts
Subchapter 007 : CELL PHONE, PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE IN SCHOOLS
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 584)-
§ 584. Use of social media platforms in education
Schools, school districts, and supervisory unions shall be prohibited from:
(1) utilizing social media for communication with students directly unless the program or platform is approved for such communication by the school district or independent school; provided, however, that any approved communication program or platform shall allow school officials to archive all communications and prevent all communications from being edited or deleted once a communication has been sent; and
(2) requiring students to use social media for out-of-school academic work, school sports, extracurricular clubs, or any other out-of-school school-sponsored activities. (Added 2025, No. 72, § 17, eff. June 27, 2025.)
