{"id":17868,"date":"2026-10-22T14:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/?p=17868"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:37:45","slug":"statement-on-state-legislation-to-ban-cell-phone-use-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/2026\/10\/22\/statement-on-state-legislation-to-ban-cell-phone-use-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on State Legislation to Ban Cell Phone Use in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA &#8212; &#8220;The Board of Education recognizes the impact excessive cell phone use can have on student learning and well-being. While current District policy allows schools to establish their own cell phone restrictions, the District will work with principals, educators, students, and families to inform the development of a districtwide policy for consideration and adoption by the Board of Education ahead of the 2027\u201328 school year, consistent with the new state legislation.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA &#8212; &#8220;The Board of Education recognizes the impact excessive cell phone use can have on student learning and well-being. While current District policy allows schools to establish their own cell phone restrictions, the District will work with principals, educators, students, and families to inform the development of a districtwide policy for consideration and adoption&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"button minimal\"><a class=\"learnmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/2026\/10\/22\/statement-on-state-legislation-to-ban-cell-phone-use-in-schools\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":158857,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-board-statements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/158857"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17872,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17868\/revisions\/17872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}