House passes “Bell to Bell, No Cell” policy for Kansas students

“Bell-to-Bell, No Cell”: House agrees with Senate cellphone ban in K-12 schools, governor’s signature likely

Cellphones and other digital devices in all Kansas K-12 schools are about to go the way of the apple on the teacher’s desk as the House has agreed with their counterparts in the Senate to ban the electronic devices and send the Senate Substitute for the Substitute for House Bill 2299 to Governor Kelly for her signature. The governor has indicated she supports cellphone bans in schools. The measure includes nonpublic schools as well. Some leeway …

School cell phone policy must guard a precious thing: student attention (The Republican Editorials)

If school committees resort to half measures on cell phone us, not fully banning them, the fight over what truly matters runs the risk of failure.Classroom teachers cannot re-capture the attention of students if cell phone use is only mildly discouraged with partial bans. A phone abstinence from morning bell to dismal bell should be the standard to which school committees aspire, as they draft policies this spring.

House passes “Bell to Bell, No Cell” policy for Kansas students

The bill now heads to the desk of Governor Laura Kelly.

House passes ‘Bell to Bell, No Cell’ policy for Kansas schools

Both the Senate and House have voted "yes". Gov. Laura Kelly will now have to decide on the proposed bill.

Kansas law banning student cell phone use passes House, heads to governor

Kansas lawmakers passed the “Bell to Bell, No Cell” bill on Tuesday, which prohibits student cell phone usage during school hours and bans teachers from messaging students on social media.  In an effort to reestablish classroom concentration, the bill requires school districts to have policies preventing student cell phone use along with other personal communication devices during all school hours including recess, lunch and passing periods.  “L…

Legislature sends cellphone ban to governor; Bill may be one of most restrictive nationally

The Legislature is sending a bill to the governor that would ban cellphones in public and accredited private schools, a measure that an advocate said may be one of the most restrictive in the country. The House concurred with amendments to the bill made in the Senate and approved the legislation, which at one point had become bogged down in a debate over to what extent private schools should be covered. The House voted 84-39 to concur with . . .…