Virginia officials have been working for years to ban student cellphone use in K-12 classrooms, but enforcing those rules has proved a challenge in some schools.
A bill passed by the General Assembly this year aims to reinforce the state’s push, requiring schools to impose “bell-to-bell” limits on student phone use and tightening what lawmakers say were gaps in earlier policies.
The push comes as school divisions take varied approaches to enforcing phone restrictions, and some struggle with consistency. The measure has passed the state legislature and now heads to Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who has not yet signed it into law.
Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
