The Massachusetts Senate is moving forward on a bill to ban cellphone use in all Massachusetts schools. The Joint Education Committee redrafted legislation combining seven different Senate bills including legislation supported by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell.
“A bell to bell phone free school policy keeps students focused throughout the full school day,” Campbell said. “This includes instructional time, as well as passing periods, lunch, and other non-instructional time.”
Campbell said it’s a commitment to both young peoples’ education and their mental health.
“Major barriers to student growth”
“Today’s action means that Massachusetts is one step closer to making schools cell phone-free,” said Senate President Karen Spilka and Senator Jason Lewis, Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Education in a statement…