A bill passed in the Pennsylvania Senate on February 4 would greenlight public schools to ban phones, and it prompted different perspectives in the community.
Senate Bill 1014 would implement a bell-to-bell phone ban in public schools during the school day. While senate voted to pass the bill, it still needs to be passed in the House.
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Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) leaders fully supported this bill.
“Cell phones are something that we, as active educators, see in our classrooms every single day provide distractions to our students… so a cell phone ban from bell-to-bell, we believe, is going to increase the education of all of the students across the commonwealth.” Said Jeff Ney, the Vice President of PSEA…