Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits almost all cell-phone use by students during the school day in Ohio.

Highlights:

• Prohibits nearly all cell-phone use by K-12 students during the school day in Ohio with certain exceptions (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes a district board to permit a student to use a cellular telephone or other electronic communications device to monitor or address a health concern if the board receives a written statement from the student's physician requiring such use (Sec. 1)

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 2).

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