Michigan House passes classroom cellphone ban, bill now moves to Senate
An effort to invoke a classroom cellphone ban in Michigan K-12 public schools has cleared the House and will now go to the Senate.
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An effort to invoke a classroom cellphone ban in Michigan K-12 public schools has cleared the House and will now go to the Senate.
This week the Michigan House passed a bill that would ban cell phones in schools across the state.
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Currently, there are two separate bills under consideration in the Michigan Legislature about limiting cellphone usage in schools statewide.
Bills have sprinted through legislatures this year in states as varied as New York and Oklahoma, reflecting a broad consensus that phones are bad for kids.
Michigan could join a growing number of states to limit cellphones in classrooms.
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