Twenty-two states enacted K-12 cellphone bans so far in 2025

Annelise Reinwald, Ballotpedia News

Twenty-six (26) states have laws or policies requiring local school boards to ban or limit cellphone use in K-12 classrooms. Twenty-two (22) of these laws were enacted in 2025, with the most recent put in place in Oregon through an executive order. Three additional states require K-12 public school districts to adopt policies around student cellphone use, though the laws don’t specify what they need to contain, and four states encourage districts to limit cellphone use in K-12 classrooms.

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