US EditionFlorida lawmakers vote to bar some students from using cell phones during the school day
- Florida lawmakers approved late Friday a bill banning cell phone use throughout the school day for elementary and middle school students statewide.
- This measure expands current law, which only restricts cell phones during instructional time, reflecting concerns over student distractions and communication issues on field trips.
- HB 1105 includes a trial initiative across six counties that would prohibit high school students from using cell phones throughout the entire school day, while retaining existing regulations on instructional time for other schools.
- The House passed HB 1105 by 85-14 and the Senate 26-5, with Rep. Demi Busatta calling the proposal "bell to bell" and Sen. Danny Burgess citing a "different dynamic" in high schools.
- The bill, now awaiting Gov. Ron DeSantis’s signature, also includes provisions aiding charter schools and simplifying their conversion from traditional public schools by removing teacher approval requirements.
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Temple Daily TelegramTemple ISD announces to parents revised cellphone policy for elementary, middle school campuses
More Temple Independent School District students will have limited access to their cellphones when the 2025-26 school year begins, including at elementary and middle school campuses.
Thousands of pupils at Scots schools will be forced to lock mobile phones away
THOUSANDS of pupils will be forced to give up their mobile phones during school in what is said to be a Scottish first in an effort to improve focus and mental health among pupils. Schools will introduce magnetic, lockable pouches for the devices in an attempt to curb distractions in class. AlamyPupils will be asked to place their mobile phones in lockable pouches.[/caption] Pupils will lock their phones away in pouchesAFP It is also hoped the p…
Brunswick County Schools expands Yondr program to other middle schools
BOLIVIA, NC (WWAY) — The Brunswick County Board of Education approved a recommendation by Superintendent Dale Cole to expand a pilot program keeping cell phones out of the classroom to other middle schools in the county next year. This year, students at Town Creek and Cedar Grove Middle Schools had to put away their phones in what’s called Yondr pouches. Phones and other personal electronic devices go into magnetically sealed fabric pouches and …
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