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Superintendent says cellphone-ban policy must be in place by Jan. 2026; district will not buy phone-storage hardware
Summary
Superintendent Mr. Eykston told the board the state’s Distraction-Free Education Act (House Bill 34) requires districts to adopt a policy by January 2026 with implementation in July 2026; the district will rely on students storing phones in backpacks rather than buying storage hardware.
Superintendent Mr. Eykston told the Cobb County School District Board on June 12 that Georgia’s recently passed House Bill 34, the Distraction-Free Education Act, requires districts to have a policy in place by January 2026 and to implement the phone ban in July 2026.
"The law allows us to determine what that storage place is gonna be," Mr. Eykston…
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