Bipartisan bill prohibiting students from using cellphones during school day passes Senate Education Committee

Phone-Free Schools bill passes Pa. Senate Education Committee

Harrisburg, Pa. — Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee unanimously advanced a bill sponsored by Sens. Devlin Robinson (R-37), Vince Hughes (D-7), and Steve Santarsiero (D-10) to require public schools across the state to adopt policies prohibiting student cellphone use…

Bill banning smartphones from Pa. public schools moves toward floor vote in Senate

HARRISBURG — A mandated ban on mobile devices could begin no later than the start of the 2027-28 school year at public schools across Pennsylvania under terms of a bill that advanced Tuesday within the state Senate.

Bill advances mandating bell-to-bell cellphone bans in Pa. schools

From left: Sens. Steven Santarsiero (D-Bucks) and Devlin Robinson (R-Allegheny) introduce a bipartisan proposal banning cellphones in schools statewide. (Whitney Downard/Pennsylvania Capital-Star)School districts — whether public or private — across the commonwealth may be required to draft a policy prohibiting student cellphones with limited exceptions following a unanimous vote in the state Senate Education Committee Tuesday.  Sens. Devlin Rob…

Bipartisan bill prohibiting students from using cellphones during school day passes Senate Education Committee

The bill would require public schools across Pa. to adopt policies prohibiting student cellphone use during the school day. It now heads to the full Senate.