Alabama lawmakers vote to ban cellphone use in K-12 public schools

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Alabama lawmakers vote to ban cellphone use in K-12 public schools

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will soon join the states that have banned or restricted the presence of cellphones in schools.The Alabama Senate on Wednesday voted 30-2 for the bill to prohibit students in K-12 public schools from using phones during the school day. The phones must be “turned off and stored off their person in a locker, car or similar storage location” during the instructional day.The bill now goes to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature. Ivey used a portion of her State of the State address earlier this year to urge lawmakers to pass the cellphone ban.“In the school systems where ..