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 place across the state and recommend recommendations for districts.
Colorado bill looks to limit cell phone usage during school
Getting young people to give their devices a break can be a challenge. Colorado lawmakers say schools are having a hard time getting students to put their phones down, too. A new bill at the capitol looks to improve the situation.
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 individual school districts to develop their own policies spelling out how and when students can use cell phones in schools.
Bill to ban phones during classroom time in Utah schools being considered
The bill bans cell phones, smartwatches, and other emerging technology during classroom hours, which are defined as any time that teachers instruct students during regular school operating hours. Time between classes, lunch periods, recess, and after-school activities are not included in classroom hours.
‘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 programmed magnet in the areas where phones aren’t restricted. That way, his superintendent said, students can keep their personal property while also limiting phone use.
NH lawmakers hold hearing on bill to limit student use of cell phones in schools
A bill before the New Hampshire Legislature would require schools in the Granite State to ban cell phones from the classroom. Gov. Kelly Ayotte supports the effort.
Bipartisan bill would require CO schools to implement policy that limits students' cellphone use
A bill expected to be introduced in Colorado's legislature soon would require all school districts to implement a policy that limits cellphone use in the classroom.
North Dakota House advances bill requiring school cellphone policy
North Dakota school districts would be required to develop a cellphone policy but retain control over what is in that policy under a bill passed Monday by the House.
Bill introduced to prohibit cell phones in DC schools
Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto introduced a bill Monday that would prohibit cell phones and other wireless devices during the school day from D.C. high school classrooms. According to the bill, students would still be able to bring their devices to school,
Legislation banning cell phone use in class introduced by Northeast Wisconsin assemblyman
Kitchens says the pressures of social media and the distraction phones and other devices can pose are harmful to the education and mental health of students.
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Colorado lawmakers seek limits on cell phone use in the classroom
Colorado lawmakers held a news conference to announce new legislation that seeks to limit cell phone use in schools. They say ...
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 ...
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NH may ban phones in school. Somersworth already did, and students embrace it.
SOMERSWORTH — Classrooms in all of the city's public schools have been declared no cell-phone areas. Students, administrators ...
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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 ...
District reports latest on cell phone, AI committees
Administrators gave reports from two committees looking into artificial intelligence and phone use across the district.
Reynolds pushes statewide cell phone restrictions in Iowa classrooms
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds unveiled a bill Friday that would require Iowa school districts to restrict student cell phone use ...