BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - During this year’s legislative session, Governor Armstrong signed a new law requiring K-12 public schools in the state to adopt phone-free school polices. For some schools, this change starts Tuesday.

Cell phones have proven to be useful tools when learning. But for many teachers, it has been a struggle to keep the attention of their students with these devices being easily accessible. This law aims to help the situation, and school districts have been instructed to come up with their own cell phone policies.

Graduate Abbigail Schmidt’s phone is filled with pictures taken during class. This year, there won’t be any new photos from the school day.

A new cell phone law requires cell phones to be silenced. It’s up to each school to create cell phone policies or thei

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