Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs classroom smartphone ban for Michigan schools

Gov. Whitmer signs classroom smartphone ban for Michigan schools

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a new law to ban smartphones from public school classrooms starting this fall, making good on a pledge to keep the devices out of instructional time. “We know that phones impede a student’s ability to learn,” Whitmer told a crowd of reporters, students and educators on Tuesday ahead of a bill signing at Waverly High School. “They are by far the most disruptive distraction in our classrooms … desi…

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs classroom smartphone ban for Michigan schools

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a new law to ban smartphones from public school classrooms starting this fall, making good on a pledge to keep the devices out of instructional time.

Whitmer signs K-12 smartphone ban into law with bipartisan backing

(The Center Square) – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a bill banning K-12 students from using smartphones during the school day.

Whitmer Signs Smartphone Ban for MI Classrooms Into Law

PODCAST: Feb. 11, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick and Lloyd Jackson spoke with State Rep. Mark Tisdale. They discussed new legislation banning smartphones in classrooms, effective next school year.LANSING ~ On Tuesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer put pen to paper on a law banning smartphones in Michigan classrooms, aiming to curb in-class distractions. House Bill 4141 and Senate Bill 495 reflect the bipartisan effort in the State Legislature to ban the …

Whitmer signs classroom smartphone ban for Michigan schools. What to know

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a new law banning smartphone use in K-12 schools during instructional time, starting this fallThe law will still allow students to have basic phones on them, and allows them to keep smartphones in their lockers and away from the classroomDistricts can adopt stronger cellphone restrictions if they chooseLANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a new law to ban smartphones from public school classrooms starting t…

Michigan school cellphone ban signed

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