Lawmakers in Massachusetts are moving forward with a bill to ban cell phone use during the school day. "
More than half-a-dozen proposals currently sit on Beacon Hill. The Joint Education Committee redrafted legislation combining seven different Senate bills including legislation supported by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell.
In a statement, Senate President Karen Spilka and Joint Education Chair Senator Jason Lewis, described the cell phone as “one of the most distracting devices ever created.”
They called them, “major barriers to student growth and achievement in the classroom,” adding, “They make it harder for our talented ed...
