The Alabama House of Representatives Thursday approved a bell-to-bell cell phone ban for students in public schools.
HB 166, sponsored by Rep. Leigh Hulsey, R-Helena, passed the chamber 79-15. It requires local school boards to adopt a policy to store student cell phones during class hours. Hulsey said during a floor debate on Thursday that the devices could be stored in a device like a Yondr Pouch or a shoe organizer.
“The majority of the schools already participating in this are storing the cell phones in the classroom in various ways,” Hulsey said…