Bill in WA Senate would restrict student cell phone use

Bill in WA Senate would restrict student cell phone use

A bill in Olympia aims to restrict cell phone use during class time in Washington schools. Democratic State Sen. Marko Liias is sponsoring SB 5346. “Student device use and student device access is harming their learning and harming the development of our young people,” Liias said Thursday. Members of the Senate Committee on Early Learning and K-12 Education heard testimony in a public hearing Thursday. Study shows students spend 25% of school d…