Georgia is one step closer to joining a growing list of states that are banning students from using cellphones during the school day.
Members of the Georgia House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday that would prohibit public school students in kindergarten through eighth grade from using cellphones during the school day. If the Senate also gives its stamp of approval, districts statewide will have to figure out how they plan to enforce the ban, which would affect more than 1 million kids.
House Bill 340 means “bell to bell, no cell,” said the bill’s sponsor State Rep. Scott Hilton, R-Peachtree Corners…