Ohio schools begin first full year under total phone ban

Thomas Cobb, NBC 4

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Students in Ohio public schools are beginning their first full school year under a statewide bell-to-bell cell phone restriction, but education experts say how the policy works in practice will depend heavily on the students, families and schools carrying it out.

Ohio first required school districts to adopt cell phone policies in 2024. Lawmakers tightened the rule in last year’s state budget, directing public districts, community schools and STEM schools to prohibit student cell phone use throughout the instructional day by Jan. 1 of this year.

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