WYLIE, Texas — If students at Wylie High School don't comply with a new state law about the use, or more accurately, the lack of use, of their cell phones and other communication devices, they will be sent to see Student Services Secretary Beth McPherson.

"I give them the top copy," she said, tearing off a duplicate receipt at her desk in a small office off the main hallway at the high school of approximately 3,000 students. "And it's going to go in here," she said, placing the receipt and cell phone inside a plastic bag and locking them in a cabinet behind her desk.

Wylie ISD, like all other school districts across Texas , is working to comply with House Bill 1481, which requires all school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to adopt policies prohibiting students from usi

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