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Newark piloted the state’s cellphone ban with positive results. Here are lingering concerns.

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Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox. Newark Public Schools will join districts across New Jersey this fall in banning students from using cellphones in class. The move follows a new state law requiring all schools to develop a bell-to-bell ban on using phones for K-12 students, although there are certain exceptions related to health, translation services, and other issues. Schools must ban the use of cellphones and other personal internet-enabled devices for the entire school day. It’s up to individual school districts whether they store the devices for students, or if students are responsible for keeping them off and storing them, according to guidance from the New Jersey Department of Education . In Newark, students will be allowed to carry cellphones as long as they are stored in pouches and remain off — not on silent or vibrate — from bell to bell. In June, the Newark school board approv

First report: Saline schools’ cellphone ban to allow lunchtime access for older students — mlive.com, 4d