Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill Thursday to ban cell phones in schools throughout New Jersey. The State Senate originally passed Bill S3695 last month, which calls for guidelines to restrict and/or ban ...

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 ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KMBC) -- Kansas Senate leaders introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would ban cell phones in K-12 classrooms across the state. The proposal, Senate Bill 302, would prohibit ...

A bill to ban cell phones throughout the school day is on its way to the governor’s desk. The bill would prohibit use during the school day, as opposed to just in classrooms. It was approved ...

Emmanuel Clase had been reprimanded by the league for cell phone use before this gambling incident came to light. Yuki Iwamura / Associated Press At every Major League Baseball game, league employees ...

When students put their phone away for the day, they are more focused in the classroom, and their teachers are more satisfied with the classroom atmosphere. Those are the findings released last month ...

Like many states, Pennsylvania is weighing a “bell-to-bell” mandatory ban on cell phones in school. Like a social contagion, these laws have spread despite lack of evidence that they are useful. For ...

KANSAS (KSNT) — Kansas lawmakers will return to the statehouse in just a few weeks, and cell phones in Kansas schools could be a top issue they address. During the Kansas Board of Education meeting on ...

Law enforcement was once again active in Westchester County recently, this time it was for theft of thousands of dollars worth of cell phones from a local business. It was another instance where a ...

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 ...

New Jersey could become the next state in the coming weeks to ban students from using cell phones while they are in public school. A bill unanimously passed the state Senate in January, but it stalled ...