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The Kansas Legislature is expected to pass a law banning student cell phone use from bell to bell.

A state task force previously recommended a ban, but the state board left the decision to local districts.

Kansas State Board of Education members said they expect a ban on cell phones in schools to pass in the upcoming legislative session.

Board chair Cathy Hopkins told her fellow board members that she's heard directly from lawmakers who have the votes and intend to pass a cell phone ban.

"The Legislature is set to pass a law banning cell phones, bell-to-bell, in schools," Hopkins said, during board discussion on legislative priorities for the upcoming legislative session in January.

Hopkins said she wants to get the board's opinion on the language of the ban worke

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