DELTA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Cell phones will be banned in K-12 classrooms throughout Michigan.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed two bipartisan bills Tuesday at Waverly High School near Lansing, with the new laws allowing for phones to be used for academic use, medical needs, and emergencies like an active shooter or bomb threat.
School districts will be able to decide on those exemption policies.
Whitmer says the bills will “help keep kids focused in the classroom and break their growing dependency on screens and social media.”
The ban will take effect this fall. Private schools, however, are not included.
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