Simply put - phones need to put away and we must be sensitive to what parents and teachers want,” Sen. Jason Anavitarte said.

Under the legislation, all public school districts in Iowa would be required to adopt by July 1 minimum standards for ...

Florida lawmakers passed legislation in 2023 that, among other things, prohibited the use of cell phones in classroom during instructional time. A state senator is looking to take that a step further.

If signed into law, the cell phone and device ban would go into effect ... to bell – or adopt restrictions on their use during classroom time only. The bill requires districts to allow students ...

Roughly 72% of high school teachers say cell phones in their classroom are a major problem ... That's a hefty sum, to be sure, and no doubt, there are other perhaps cheaper ways of policing ...