Indiana House committee takes testimony on cell phone ban bill
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🗓️ 6 February 2026
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| 0:30.5 | So lawmakers are continuing testimony at the State House on the bill that would ban kids from |
| 0:36.6 | using cell phones in schools |
| 0:38.3 | altogether if it becomes law. So under this proposal, students would either leave phones at home |
| 0:44.1 | or have to put them in secure storage until the school day ends. I've got mixed feelings about |
| 0:52.1 | this because on the one hand, there is a broad variety of ways in which cellular devices can be misused by the Utes in the classrooms. |
| 1:01.7 | However, we also live in a crazy world full of child kidnappers, full of school shooters, full of people with ill intent. And there is a lot of |
| 1:14.2 | value with parents being able to communicate with their children in crisis and that cell phone |
| 1:21.2 | is your lifeline between the parent and the child. How you strike a balance between these things is a tricky question |
| 1:29.7 | to navigate and also one that begs the question whether the state should even be involved |
| 1:35.4 | or is this strictly an issue for parents and schools to deal with. Yeah, so you've got supporters |
| 1:40.2 | who are saying that the unrestricted phone use distract students, harms learning, and that |
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