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Florida moved first in the summer of 2023 by passing a law requiring all schools to prohibit cellphone use during school days, prohibiting social media use on schools' internet, and requiring that ...
A growing number of states and counties are implementing anti-phone policies. Last year, Florida enacted a cellphone ban in public schools during class time and blocked social media access on ...
Florida was the first state to crack down on phones in school, passing a 2023 law that requires all public schools to ban cellphone use during class time and block access to social media on ...
Enacted in 2024, House Bill 250 (H.B. 250) mandates that school districts adopt policies aimed at limiting student cell phone use during school hours. The bill includes exceptions for students with health conditions requiring monitoring or for learning accommodations. The law takes effect in August 2024.
The country's largest school district proposed a ban, but ultimately wasn't able to get phone restrictions in place before the 2024 school year, CBS New York reported.
The laws regulating driving (or "distracted driving") may be subject to primary enforcement or secondary enforcement by state, county or local authorities. [1]All state-level cell phone use laws in the United States are of the "primary enforcement" type — meaning an officer may cite a driver for using a hand-held cell phone without any other traffic offense having taken place — except in ...
One idea is to ban cellphone use during school hours in grades K-8 with high schools having more flexibility. Should Wake limit student phone use in schools? The public can weigh in on the issue.
Earlier this summer, Superintendent Tracy Curley announced that public schools would ban cellphones in class for grades 6 to 12, with most schools using Yondr locking pouches to enforce the ban ...