Senate approves bill cracking down on social media and cell phones in schools

The bill will restrict access to social media websites on school district networks and district owned devices.

It will also ban TikTok on district-owned devices or “as a platform used to communicate or promote any district school, school-sponsored club, extracurricular organization, or athletic team.”

Teachers are also given the authority to designate an area for wireless communications devices during instructional time, and prohibit the use of wireless devices during instructional time.

The bill requires a district school board to ban any device used by a student from accessing a website, application, or software that does not have an internet safety policy.