Starting in the 2025-2026 school year, a statewide ban will prohibit cell phone use in Florida elementary and middle schools.

The growing resistance to phones on school grounds has been burgeoning since one state enacted new laws in elementary and middle schools in 2023.

The new policy prohibits students from using cell phones or other electronic devices, including tablets, smartwatches, smart ...

A new statewide mandate takes effect July 1 requiring students in Virginia’s public schools to keep their phones off ...

DCPS to enforce districtwide ban on cell phones and electronic devices in 2025. Policy aims to reduce distractions and improve student learning.

A batch of new laws are set to take effect across the commonwealth on July 1. These pieces of legislation were already passed ...

The rules are a little more lax for high schoolers: Students in grades 9 through 12 can use their phones outside the ...

On Wednesday, June 18, 2025, House and Senate negotiators agreed to add the House’s more prescriptive approach to House Bill ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A cell phone ban in Ohio schools is close to getting Gov. Mike DeWine’s final approval. The ban is ...

He classifies a ban on cell phones for children and young people in schools ... Schools that have not yet drawn up any rules on cell phone use during school hours are now obliged to make specific ...

Fifteen-year-old Norma Kean started a Change.org petition on June 18 asking school board members to lift a K-12 cell phone ...