Photo: Unsplash // Adam AY PARK CITY, Utah — Starting this fall, all students in grades 6 through 12 in the Park City School District will be required to secure their cell phones in Yondr pouches during the school day. The policy will go into effect at Ecker Hill Middle School and Park City High…
KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) – Public school districts are now required to enforce a personal device ban for students during school hours. Gov. Abbott signed HB 1481 into law on Sunday. It requires school district policy to either ban personal devices from campuses entirely or mandate students to lock them away. The law also mandates that…
KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) – KISD board candidates for place three are divided on the future of Yondr pouches, which require students to lock their cell phones during the school day, in KISD schools. Incumbent Oliver Mintz supports their use. Challenger Lan Carter wants them gone. The election comes after a fatal stabbing at Roy J….
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Georgia lawmakers are debating a statewide ban on cell phones in schools. The Distraction-Free Education Act, House Bill 340, would require school districts to create a plan to secure students’ phones while in school. “From bell to bell, no cell. From the beginning of the day, you put your…
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…