On February 20, Sarah H. Sanders, Governor of Arkansas, signed the ‘Bell to bell, no Cell’ bill,
forcing schools to outlaw any use of a personal electronic device throughout the entire school day, including but not limited to cell phones, wireless earbuds, smartwatches, pagers, and handheld gaming systems. The bill only makes exceptions for school-issued devices and any device that is needed for medical reasons.
According to governor.arkansas.gov the bill was issued for a few reasons, mainly to limit the time students spent on their phones at school, and to have students pay more attention during class. Senior Jacob Cheves thought that the bill failed to accomplish what it sought to do…