(The Center Square) \u2013 The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly says the current plan to allow local schools to decide cell phone rules for themselves is \u201cweaker\u201d than it should be.<\/p>\n
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told News Talk 1130 WISN\u2019s Jay Weber he\u2019d like to see a total ban on cell phones for students while they are in school.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it were up to me, we\u2019d do a bell-to-bell ban on the use of cell phones in school,\u201d Vos said. \u201cAll the data shows one thing: That less access to technology during part of the day results in better emotional situations for kids, and better learning.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vos, however, said there\u2019s not enough will in the rest of the legislature to make that happen.<\/p>\n
The Assembly approved a plan in the spring that requires Wisconsin\u2019s school districts to come up with their own cell phone policies. That means some schools may ban phones all together, while other schools could allow students to use their phones during the school day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe legislature, at the request of DPI and the governor, passed something that I think is weaker than it should be,\u201d Vos added. \u201cEvery school district has to have a policy in place. So at least they debate it and decide what\u2019s best.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vos said there\u2019s an overwhelming amount of evidence that shows banning phones for students during the school day helps with grades, with class participation and with social skills.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of the evidence points in one direction,\u201d Vos said.<\/p>\n
Vos said the goal is to get a law on the books to deal with cell phones in schools, then fight for something stronger in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(The Center Square) \u2013 The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly says the current plan to allow local…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[31234,165,12074,95189,74,95190],"class_list":{"0":"post-155690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-cell-phone","9":"tag-mobile","10":"tag-phones","11":"tag-robin-vos","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-wisconsin-assembly"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}