Act 122 is now in effect for the 2025-2026 school year, banning student cell phone use in Arkansas public schools. The “Bell to Bell, No Cell” law, passed under Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in February ...

Ohio public schools, charter schools, and STEM schools will be required to ban cell phone use by January 1, 2026. Private schools are exempt from the ban, but some have already implemented similar ...

There are exceptions to the rules. As an example, students can use their phones riding to and from school on a school bus if it does not interfere with the driver. Students can also access their ...

Many, if not most, Rhode Island schools prohibit students from using phones in class, but they all have different policies and enforce them in different ways. Gov. Dan McKee said he does not want a ...

Adele, Madonna and Bob Dylan have banned phones during their shows in the past Sabrina Carpenter is considering banning phones during her concerts despite it will likely "piss off" her fans The singer ...

The Toms River Regional Board of Education is considering a formal policy to ban student cell phone use in classrooms. The proposed ban would also apply to school buses and activities before and after ...

Editor’s Note: To watch the full discussion about cellphones, students and schools on “Raising America,” click here. More and more U.S. students will be entering cellphone-free zones this year as ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Cellphones are banned inside Kentucky classrooms under a new law, but specific policies are being left up to individual districts. There are exceptions to the law for ...

The lunchroom at Central High School in St. Paul is loud, filled with students talking across the table or waiting in line to buy hot chocolate at student group stands. But it was not always this ...

Many students returning to Minnesota classrooms this year will find new restrictions in place on cellphone use. A number of schools implemented policies on cellphones last year, but this year is the ...