State education leader encourages cellphone policy by lawmakers

By David Beasley | The Center Square contributor

Published April 30, 2025 2:17pm ET

(The Center Square) – North Carolina needs a statewide policy regulating the use of student cellphones in public schools, a top state educator said Tuesday.

Two bills are pending in the Legislature. Cell Phone-Free Education, known also as House Bill 87, requires school boards to “adopt a cellphone-free education policy to eliminate or severely restrict student access to cellphones during instructional time.”