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At least eight states have enacted bans over the past two years, and proposals are being considered in several more states this year

Cell phones and other personal electronic devices could be banned in Massachusetts public schools under a bill recently proposed by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell. The Study Act would prohibit students from having their personal electronic devices during the day as a “bell-to-bell” restriction,

Cell phone bans in school are ramping up as more states consider policies that have been cheered by many educators but still face trepidation from parents. New York and New Jersey are the latest looking at state-wide bans,