Inside A School Without Cell Phones As Minnesota Legislature Considers Ban

CBS Minnesota

February 20, 2025

Minnesota Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle are in agreement on at least one issue: cell phones in schools.

U.S. Reps. Pete Stauber (R) and Kelly Morrison (DFL) are co-authors of a bipartisan bill to study the impacts of using phones in class and provide schools with secure containers for phones.

"We're all concerned about our kids' wellbeing, and this is a way for us to gather some real data to test our hypothesis that kids are going to do better without phones during school," Morrison said.

St. Anthony Middle School has enforced a ban on phones since spring 2023.

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