Can your child use their cell phone during the school day? It all depends on where you live in Tennessee. Some have outright bans. Others allow phone use during lunch and class changes.

Student cell phones cannot be carried on the person, kept in their pockets or stored visibly. The only exception is for students who use their cell phone to monitor a medical condition.

“Minimizing as much of distractions as possible in the classroom is beneficial to the kids,” said Alex Langner, who has been teaching for 21 years. However, phones can also be used as a tool.

Gov. Kathy Hochul went on a “listening tour” this summer as she weighs whether it’s time for the state to step in with a ban on smartphones in the classroom.

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Currently, 77% of U.S. schools already have bans on cellphone use in the classroom, and several states, including Florida, Alabama and California, either have introduced or enforced statewide ...

Another idea, at the beginning of class mandating students put their phones away, and out of reach, in some sort of classroom cubby. “Just have a pocket,” said Patte Sullivan, a board member.

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