Legislators held a pair of hearings in the fall of 2024 to study the effects of limiting phone use at school. Researchers testified about the addictive effect phone usage has on the developing brains ...

A new Ohio law requires school districts to ban cell phone use by students. But what are the policies for teachers using their phones in school? In Ohio's two-year budget, state lawmakers prohibited ...

VERMILION PARISH, KATC - Louisiana has joined a growing number of states cracking down on cell phone use in public schools. Governor Jeff Landry signed a bill banning students from having cell phones ...

Educators are pursuing creative tactics to limit their students' cell phone use in class. Some students are required to leave their phones in lockers, others store their phones in pouches that cannot ...

It will be illegal for Oklahoma drivers to hold a cell phone while driving through active school or construction zones, ...

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee signed legislation into law on June 23 banning cell phones in schools. The new law mandates that each public school have a policy that includes a “prohibition on physical ...

The House of Delegates passed a bill that would, under most circumstances, keep cell phones out of classrooms. Delegates passed the bill Friday on a 92-3 vote. There was no particular debate. The bill ...

Classes have started in Eugene and so have classroom cell phone bans. Sept. 2 marked the first day back in school for students in grades K-9 at Bethel School District. As C-Crew peer student leaders ...