Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law New Jersey's long proposed "bell-to-bell" ban on cell phones in public schools and public charter and renaissance schools during a ceremony at Ramsey High School on ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -Starting Jan. 1, 2026, a new Ohio law went into effect banning students from using cell phones during the instructional day. Most school districts started the 2025-2026 school ...

Legislation to ban student cell phone use in class moved one step closer to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk. The Michigan Senate voted on a pair of bills Thursday, Jan. 22 that would prohibit students ...

Kansas Senate filed bipartisan SB302 to require statewide school cell phone bans. Bill bans phones, tablets, watches and earbuds from opening bell to dismissal. Districts would have to adopt new ...

The restrictions, signed into law by Gov. Philip D. Murphy on Thursday as one of his final acts in office, will take effect during the 2026-2027 school year. By Neil Vigdor New Jersey, a latecomer in ...

New Jersey students will no longer be able to access their cellphones at all during the school day, starting next school year. At the governor’s bill-signing at Ramsey High School on Thursday, the ...