SALT LAKE CITY — Governor Spencer Cox says he will be sending a letter to Utah school principals asking them to restrict student cell phone access during learning time.
Cox believes screen time contributes to a learning loss, and while there may be exceptions, the governor thinks removing the phones from the classroom is a good thing.
"By and large, we know that things improve at least giving kids a break from 6-7 hours a day when they’re in the classroom," he said during his monthly news conference Wednesday.
A bill introduced earlier this year in the Utah State Legislature to ban phones from classrooms failed to pass.
