State Lawmakers Push for Ban on Phones in Schools Fox News
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Lawmakersandschoolleadersareworriedaboutcellphoneuseinschools.Teacherssaythey’redistractingandcontributetocyberbullying.Nowsomelawmakersandschooldistrictsaretryingtomakechanges.
MINNEAPOLIS–Theuseofcellphonesinschoolshassparkedconsiderabledebateamongeducatorsandpolicymakersnationwide.
FloridaandIndianahavepassedlawsrequiringpublicschoolstobanstudentsfromusingtheircellphonesduringclass.InOklahoma,Washington,Kansas,Vermont,Connecticut,VirginiaandSouthCarolina,lawmakershaveintroducedbillstorestrictphonesinschoolthisyear.Georgia’slawmakersintroducedlegislationthatwouldrestrictstudent’suseofsocialmediawhileatschool.InJanuary,UtahRepublicanGov.SpencerCoxsentalettertoschoolleadersacrossthestateurgingthemtobancellphonesinclass.
InMinnesota,lawmakerspassedaneducationbillthatincludesarequirementthatschooldistrictscreateaphonepolicy.TheMinnesotaElementarySchoolPrincipalsAssociationandtheMinnesotaAssociationofSecondar