A bill banning students from using cell phones during the school day was unanimously recommended to be adopted by an Illinois House committee Wednesday.
The bill, which was introduced in the state Senate during the last legislative session, has bipartisan support and has been a focus of Gov. J.B. Pritzker in recent months.
Rep. Laura Faver Dias questioned Lindsey Volz, a legislative advisor with the Governor’s Office, on how the bill would address students’ access to phones in the event of an emergency at school.
How to securely store devices is left to the discretion of school boards, with public input on the new policies being required, according to the bill’s text.
The committee unanimously recommended the bill be adopted, sending it to the House floor for a second reading later in the afternoon.
Story from Illinois Radio Network
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