HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) -- Students and adults took to the Pennsylvania State Capitol to argue their sides on a bill that could ban cell phones in schools.

Sen. Devlin Robinson (R-Allegheny) introduced the "bell-to-bell" ban earlier this month. It would require public and parochial schools to prevent students from using cell phones on school grounds, including during homeroom, lunch and recess. The Senate Education Committee held a hearing Tuesday on the proposal.

Robinson said he just returned from Ireland where a relative works as a school teacher. He inquired about their cell phone policy.

"She just looked at me and said, 'Oh, we don't allow cell phones in our schools. Are you crazy?'"

Essentially a state mandate with local control, the bill leaves it up to districts on how a ban wou

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