The Lower Merion School District will stop issuing devices to students in kindergarten through second grade after the school board voted Monday to repeal and replace its technology policy.

The decision ends months of parent protests over screen time at Lower Merion High School, Harriton High School and the district's elementary schools.

Under the new policy, students in seventh grade and up will still be required to take home devices daily, according to CBS Philadelphia. Previously, the district issued iPads starting in kindergarten, switched students to Chromebooks in second grade and gave each student a MacBook in eighth grade.

The policy had been reviewed by the board's Policy Committee, co-chaired by board member Anna Shurak, the week prior. The full board vote came after more than 600 township residents signed a petition asking to preserve parents' ability to opt children out of digital devices during the school day, according to the Associated Press.

At a board meeting in May, more than 100 people showed up to protest, many wearing buttons reading "Screens Down, Pencils Up."

Dr. Yair Lev, a Lower Merion cardiologist and father of two, helped start a parent movement called Pencils Over Pixels after his 7-year-old daughter showed him the apps she could access on her school Chromebook. Hundreds of yard signs supporting the cause appeared around the township, Lev told CNN.

"There is no evidence kids benefit from learning on screens," Lev said. "On the other hand, plenty of evidence shows screens are causing harm."

Not all families wanted restrictions. At the May 11 meeting, Shurak told attendees the board was considering policy updates but that eliminating technology from schools was not on the table.

Some students pushed back as well. Elliot Campbell, 15, a Lower Merion high schooler, told the AP that losing laptop access would not prepare students for college.

Superintendent Frank Ranelli wrote to parents defending the district's instructional approach but declined to comment to the AP for its May report.

The district has not published the exact vote count from the June 15 meeting. Official minutes are expected to be posted on the district's BoardDocs page.