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…
LEE COUNTY, Ark. – The Lee County School District has begun confiscating student cell phones as part of a new policy attempting to “place the focus on learning.” Superintendent Michael Stone, in a post on the district’s Facebook page, said they are still having problems with students using cell phones while at school. Stone said…
OKLAHOMA CITY — A state law keeping cell phones out of the classroom. That’s what one bill filed at the state capitol hopes to become next year. FOX23 told you several schools in Green Country have already adopted some sort of cell phone restriction policy for the school year. The bill wants every school district…
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa City Community School District Board approved on Tuesday new restrictions for cell phone use in the classroom that will take effect next month. School leaders say the proposed policy doesn’t allow cell phones and headphones in class, and phones cannot be used, heard, or seen from the late bell…
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Some say they made the the right call by hanging up the phone. A principal in the valley says the Clark County School District is onto something with the new signal blocking cell phone pouches in the classroom. FOX5 spoke with that principal and a student on how grades have…
DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa Capitol Bureau) – Next year, Iowans may see legislation to restrict cell phones in public school classrooms. Thursday, Governor Kim Reynolds told us it’s something she’s looking to propose in the next legislative session. “We’ve seen some bullying with that. It’s just…kids need to focus on learning. We’re not…
SHELDON, Iowa (KTIV) – Cell phones in the classroom have been a hot topic, nationwide. Last week, the Sheldon School District’s Board of Education took steps to tighten control over student cell phone use. Sheldon High School, in Sheldon, Iowa, already has a policy that restricts student cell phone during the school day. At Sheldon…