Schools Prepare to Ban Cellphones thru 8

Schools across Georgia will have to figure out how to pry cellphones from students' hands next year now that a new ban will be taking effect.
House Bill 340 prohibits personal communications devices in public school classrooms from kindergarten through eighth grade. The ban goes into effect in the summer of 2026. Gov. Brian Kemp signed the legislation last week after it passed the Georgia General Assembly with broad bipartisan support earlier this year.
A handful of school systems have already implemented local bans, including Marietta City Schools.
Marietta Superintendent Grant Rivera was among the leading proponents for a statewide ban, telling lawmakers in March that he'd seen dramatic changes in middle school, where students were talking with each other...