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Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin He signed a law on Friday, which limits the use of cell phones for all public elementary, secondary and secondary schools in Virginia.
Youngkin, who built his political career, advocated the rights of parents in education, solemnly signed two versions of the law of law, HB1961 and SB738at Carter G. Woodson High School in Hopewell, Virginia. Youngkin said it was an appropriate place for a day filled with such a “hope”.
“When we gather – chosen officials, administrators, teachers, parents and all – we can move the mountains and we can change something that needs to change, which is to find freedom, freedom from the cell phone,” said Youngkin, who was overwhelmed by his wife, Virginia the first lady Suzanne S. Youngkin; Public school students; Education advocates; and local politicians.
“Let’s get together to move the mountain,” Youngkin said because he highlighted the negative effect of cell phones in schools on mental illness, class behavior, academic effect and interpersonal relationships.
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Virginia Glenn Youngkin Government has signed a law that limits the use of cell phones in schools. (East; Getty Images)
The account strictly limits the use of phone in classrooms to reduce interference and disorder, CODIFICATION OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS Youngkin Signed last year “for the protection of students’ health and safety in the Public Schools of Virginia K-12 by issuing guidelines on establishment mobile -free education policies and actions. “
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“We build on the basis of which the executive command 33 set up to make Virginia a national leader in focus renewal, academic excellence in the classroom and restoring health and security in our schools. This legislation ensures that each school department adopts full bell and food from the classrooms, creating the environment without a distraction.
The research shows Using a cell phone in the classroom can adversely affect students’ grades, social skills, emotional development and mental health.
In 2024 Pew research center Study, more than 70% of high school teachers said that cell phones that interfere with students in the classroom are the main problem.
“This is not just a problem. It’s a crisis. And when we have a crisis, we have a united call for action and that’s what is concerned, this united call for action,” Youngkin said on Friday.
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Hopewell City public schools He adopted the “handbag system” in his secondary schools at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year, which was used as a study study and a potential model for exposure to Virginia Department of Education, without mobile phones.
“I want to add gratitude for Hopewell’s leadership because your leadership inspired the executive order I wrote last summer,” Youngkin said.
State legislation requires that school committees also develop public schools to bring policies to limit the use of student mobile phones during the school day. The law includes exceptions for students with individualized educational plans, 504 plans or health conditions, so cell phones can be used when medically needed.
Virginia Glenn Youngkin Government speaks during a conference on the road to the majority policy of the Faith & Freedom in Washington Hilton on June 22, 2024. In Washington. (Samuel Core / Getty Images)
The law also forbids the schools to suspend, expulsion or remove students from class due to a violation of cell phones policies.
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Florida became the first state to pass the law regulating the use of cell phones In schools in 2023. More than half of all states now have similar laws.
