Republican lawmakers are proposing blocking kids from accessing social media in schools that receive federal broadband subsidies.

Republican lawmakers are proposing blocking kids from accessing social media in schools that receive federal broadband subsidies.

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    2•9 months ago

    I also know of districts that tried this and just abandoned the idea because it was nigh-on impossible to enforce without suspending like 90% of the kids.

    That is what is happening. They suspended the Senior class president who was caught with a phone because they were waiting on a college scholarship call.

    • @[email protected]
      1•9 months ago

      I graduated about ten years ago so cellphones were popular, but not the same culture we have now. I got suspended because my mom called my phone which I had forgotten to turn off while it was in my locker before school started. Turns out I had forgotten a project so not only did I get suspended, I failed an assignment. Schools are great