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State Lawmakers Push for Ban on Phones in Schools

State Lawmakers Push for Ban on Phones in Schools  Fox News

Lawmakersandschoolleadersareworriedaboutcellphoneuseinschools.Teacherssaythey’redistractingandcontributetocyberbullying.Nowsomelawmakersandschooldistrictsaretryingtomakechanges. MINNEAPOLIS–Theuseofcellphonesinschoolshassparkedconsiderabledebateamongeducatorsandpolicymakersnationwide. FloridaandIndianahavepassedlawsrequiringpublicschoolstobanstudentsfromusingtheircellphonesduringclass.InOklahoma,Washington,Kansas,Vermont,Connecticut,VirginiaandSouthCarolina,lawmakershaveintroducedbillstorestrictphonesinschoolthisyear.Georgia’slawmakersintroducedlegislationthatwouldrestrictstudent’suseofsocialmediawhileatschool.InJanuary,UtahRepublicanGov.SpencerCoxsentalettertoschoolleadersacrossthestateurgingthemtobancellphonesinclass.  InMinnesota,lawmakerspassedaneducationbillthatincludesarequirementthatschooldistrictscreateaphonepolicy.TheMinnesotaElementarySchoolPrincipalsAssociationandtheMinnesotaAssociationofSecondar