Lawmakers and advocates hope the ban improves student engagement, behavior, and mental health, all of which they say have declined since cell phones became a common sight in students’ hands.
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Indiana schools will need to ban cell phones and other communication devices like tablets and laptops from class time under a new law. But there are some exceptions.
Senate Bill 1, striving towards improving third-grade reading levels, passed out of the House although 24 Democrats and three Republicans voted no on Tuesday.