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Senate committee clears bill to limit cellphone use in classrooms
Senate Bill 2151, which aims to restrict cell phone use in classrooms, has passed the Senate Committee, sparking mixed reactions from students and educators.
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A Tale of Two Local Districts: Implementing the CA Classroom Cell Phone Ban
While Madera Unified is moving swiftly to follow a state law restricting student cell phone use, Fresno Unified is taking a ...
Legislative bill: Kids, stash those cellphones during class time
Proposed law would prohibit students in Utah's K-12 public schools from using cellphones during class — although local ...
Close Up: School officials say cell phone ban is working; lawmakers want restrictions statewide
On this week's episode of Close Up, we take a deep look into cell phone use in Iowa schools and how successful bans and other ...
DCPS could be next school system to ban cellphones
The "Heads Up! Distraction-Free Learning Amendment Act of 2025" seeks to implement policies across D.C. schools to limit ...
Colorado Public Radio8d
A bill requiring schools to have cell phone policies aims to boost classroom learning
The bipartisan legislative proposal isn’t mandating a statewide ban of phones in classrooms. Instead, it would require ...
New bills target in-class cell phone use to boost student focus
Senate Bill 5346 would require the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to examine cell phone bans currently in ...
Long Island Press7d
Jericho Board of Education approves cell phone ban in classrooms
Eight years after first proposed, the Jericho Board of Education on Jan. 23 unanimously approved a ban on cell phones in ...
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Maryland looking at cellphone restrictions in schools
Virginia and DC have already started to look at how to carry out cell phone-less studies. Maryland’s General Assembly is catching up with several ... cell phones in her classroom and the outcome ...
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Iowa Gov. Reynolds moves forward with proposed classroom cell phone restrictions
Kim Reynolds released her proposal to state lawmakers Friday to ban cell phone ... up to individual school districts to do what works best for them. “I don't want distracted students in ...
Concord Monitor10d
‘They’re chemically, physically addicted’: Will New Hampshire require local schools to ban cell phones in the classroom?
His school uses phone pouches that lock while in the classroom but can be unlocked by tapping the phone on a specially ...