There are exceptions to the rules. As an example, students can use their phones riding to and from school on a school bus if it does not interfere with the driver. Students can also access their ...

Three Milwaukee area school districts implemented new cell phone policies for the 2024-25 school year, restricting student access during class. The districts have reported improved classroom behavior, ...

HB 2484 prohibits the use of cell phones and wireless devices in classrooms, with exemptions for emergencies and medical needs TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Governor Katie Hobbs is silencing students' cell ...

Policies vary across districts, from phone caddies to requiring phones be off and away. Research on cell phone impact is ongoing, but educators cite distraction and social media concerns. Parents are ...

ARDEN HILLS, Minn. — Mounds View High School’s principal says a ban on cell phones in the class room is already paying off. Rob Reetz enacted the new rules ahead of a new Minnesota law requiring ...

The state budget bill signed by Gov. Mike DeWine bans students from using cell phones under most circumstances in K-12 public schools. Districts must adopt the policy by Jan. 1, 2026. While some ...

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - Ariana Leonard's high school students shuffled in their seats, eagerly awaiting a cue from their Spanish teacher that the assignment would begin. "Take out your cell phones," she ...

A student at Green Hope High in Cary puts away a cell phone as class starts. As the bell rings to start a new period at Green Hope High in Cary, students settle into Harrison Miller's earth science ...