Ohio's school cellphone ban took effect on Jan. 1, and will generally prohibit students from using devices during the school ...

Two new laws that directly impact Ohio schools will be in effect in 2026. Every Ohio school district is required to have a policy in place prohibiting cell phone use during the school day. Lawmakers ...

Some local districts have expressed skepticism that lawmakers’ intervention would enhance their existing device policies.

Kansas legislators will pursue a statewide school cell phone ban, superseding the state education board’s past directives to ...

Nearly a year after the Iowa City CSD implemented a partial cell phone ban, the district is considering a full ban. What to ...

Legislation pre-filed this week in the Kansas Senate would require school districts to ban personal electronic devices during ...

Kansas Senate leaders introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would ban cell phones in K-12 classrooms across the ...

In October 2024, a 36-member task force on screen time recommended to the Kansas Board of Education that school districts ban cell phones. At the time, some members expressed concerns about a total ...