Pennsylvania Passes Ban on Most Student Cellphones in Schools

Pennsylvania lawmakers passed a bill in the final days of the 2025-2026 session to ban most cellphones for students in schools, after years of efforts. Sources expect Governor Shapiro to sign the bill, and the ban will directly affect students in schools.

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• Final approval came on Wednesday in the last days of the legislative session, a policy lawmakers had pursued for years.

  «lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to a policy they had sought for years»

  Yahoo
• The ban prohibits phone use from the start of the school day until its end, and the governor is expected to sign the bill.

  «Gov. Shapiro is expected to sign a bill banning cell phones from the start of the school day to the end»

  The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Some high schools in the area currently allow students to use phones during lunch time and in hallways.

  «A number of area high schools currently allow kids to use phones at lunch and in hallways»

  The Philadelphia Inquirer

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