Massachusetts State Senate Votes to Ban Cell Phones in School
- Wanjiru Waweru
- Aug 21
- 1 min read
Wanjiru Waweru, Jadetimes Contributor
W. Waweru is a Jadetimes News Reporter Covering America News
The Massachusetts State Senate passed a bill to prohibit a statewide ban on cell phone participation in public schools on Thursday, July 31. Below the legislation, school districts would be required to develop a policy based on guidance from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).
Some Massachusetts school districts had already created similar policies at the local level. State Senator Mike Moore of Millbury voted for the ban.
“Elementary and Secondary Education will have to do these hearings so they'll get input from the stakeholders and that will be parents, that will be school districts and hopefully we can develop a policy that's going to allow kids to concentrate on what they should be concentrating on, and that's their school work,” said Moore.
The state senate endorsed the bill by a vote of 38-2. It recently advanced to the House of Representatives and, if authorized, would eventually be addressed to Governor Maura Healey’s desk. She explained that she helps with a statewide ban.
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