Every school district and charter in the state will be required to create a policy this year restricting cellphones in the classroom and instructing principals on how to enforce it, according to a rule passed Friday by the Utah Board of Education.
The move likely short-circuits a bill being pushed in the state Legislature by Rep. Susan Pulsipher, R-South Jordan, who drafted a similar proposal because she’s concerned that students are using their phones to look at pornography while in school.
“Many kids are being exposed to inappropriate materials,” Pulsipher said at a legislative hearing this week.