Palm Beach County School Board backs a 'bell-to-bell' cellphone ban for K-8 students

By Wayne Washington

Palm Beach County School Board members expressed support for legislation that would ban elementary and middle school students in Florida from using cellphones during the school day "from bell to bell."

That legislation, which originated as House Bill 1105, has passed both the state House of Representatives and the state Senate. School Board members said they expected it to be signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis and go into effect July 1, adding Florida to the growing list of states that have banned or significantly limited student cellphones in schools.

"I really do believe that cellphones are dangerous to our children," School Board member Marcia Andrews, who worked for 35 years as an educator in the Palm Beach County School District, said at the board's meeting May 7. "They're on them too much, and we need to curb that."

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