NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A new law is set to take effect in Tennessee, tackling an obstacle surrounding cell phones in schools. HB932/SB897 focuses on cell phone usage during school instruction, requiring school districts across the state to create a policy that reflects certain requirements under state law. The main piece of the legislation says…
CHAMPAIGN (25News Now) – Governor J.B. Pritzker proposed legislation in the General Assembly that would force all Illinois schools to keep students from using cell phones during classroom instruction. Pritzker argued that phones in the classroom increase distraction, worsen student mental health, and give students opportunities to cheat. He spoke Thursday at Champaign’s Centennial High…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Students using cell phones at school has been a hot topic and, while a potential statewide cell phone ban in schools has been proposed in the Kentucky general assembly, Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) leaders say they’re not waiting to take matters into their own hands. During the Feb. 25 JCPS…
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – On Wednesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer will give her State of the State speech. “Her proposals will focus on creating jobs, lowering costs, continuing record investments in education, and so much more,” according to the 2025 State of the State webpage on Michigan.gov. Part of Gov. Whitmer’s plan will include a call…
OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) – A new bill in the state legislature aims to address cell phone use in classrooms. Governor Kay Ivey highlighted this effort in her State of the State Address. “Kids…they can’t be patient. They can’t wait. They can’t handle being bored. They want that instant gratification and it’s hurting them in the…
OKLAHOMA CITY (KSWO) – The Oklahoma House of Representatives Common Education Committee passed a bill Wednesday, Feb. 6, that would prohibit students from using cell phones during their school day. Rep. Chad Caldwell (R-Enid) authored the approved bill, House Bill 1276. The bill specifically aims to force school boards to have a policy forbidding cell…
Senate Bill 142 was filed last week in the Arkansas State Legislature and is expected to be presented to the education committee on Monday. The bill is centered on an act known as “Bell to Bell no Cell,” and aims to require districts to create a policy to prohibit cell phones throughout the whole school…
Crime-themed attractions such as Hong Kong’s ICAC Cafe and Japan’s Prison Museum, designed to promote legal culture, are drawing growing numbers of tourists. Official data shows that Hong Kong received over 290,000 visitors during New Year’s Eve and the first day of the new year, more than 77 per cent of them came from the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – On Monday, an online survey by Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD) closed after hundreds of people gave their input on changing the district’s current cell phone and personal device policy. SMSD put out a ThoughtExchange where people could share their feedback on student use of personal technology devices. SMSD shared…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WBTV) – A bill banning the use of cell phones inside South Carolina prisons will become law on Tuesday afternoon, 14 years after the corrections officer it was named after was nearly killed. Gov. Henry McMaster will hold a ceremonial signing for the bill, which has been called the “Captain Robert Johnson Act.”…