Governor Bill Lee on Friday signed into law legislation that will require Tennessee school districts to adopt policies that prohibit student cell phone use in classrooms, with limited exceptions, after an amended version of the bill was passed unanimously in the State House and without opposition in the State Senate.
The legislation, initially proposed by State Senator Ferrell Haile (R-Gallatin) and State Representative Rebecca Alexander (R-Jonesborough) in February, would require school districts to implement policies forbidding the use of cell phones by students during class, unless teachers make specific arrangements for he devices to be used educationally.
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