PA Gov. Shapiro Enacts Bell-to-Bell Cell Phone Ban in All Schools Across the State
Riley Thornton, The Quad
On the morning of Oct. 26, 2026 at Lenape Middle School in the Central Bucks School District, Pennsylvania Governor, Josh Shapiro, stood at a podium bearing a sign that read “Getting Distractions out of the Classroom” and signed Senate Bill 1014 into law, banning cell phones in every school across the state. In doing so, PA joins 26 other states that have adopted similar restrictions in an effort to improve the well-being of students.
The bill, which secured bipartisan support, enacts a first bell to final bell restriction on mobile devices, requiring schools to adopt their own policies regarding the ban ahead of the 2027-28 school year. Shapiro noted that “schools will not be told how to do this, but schools will be empowered to do this work.”
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