During Monday's hearing, Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon—the chair of the House's education committee—said she supported the restriction, but asked Caldwell why a school district couldn't just choose to ban cellphones on its own.

School Law Briefings is your guide to legally significant K12 news, including recaps of precedential court rulings, regulatory updates and agency guidance. In this edition, the Third Circuit finds a Pennsylvania district provided FAPE for a student with ADHD, New Jersey teachers lose an age discrimination case, and Title IX gives Connecticut athletes power to sue over a transgender competition.

"The way school went with COVID got my twins so far behind," one parent said in a new report. Which interventions can help reverse its effects?

A longtime administrator and current interim superintendent was promoted to the top spot in the district he has served for years during another busy week of leadership moves and internal hires.