Governor Greg Abbott was in Amarillo on Friday for the official signing of House Bill 1481. The new state law bans students from bringing ‘personal communication devices’ such as cell phones to school, and will take effect at the start of the 2025-2026 school year. “We have to make sure that during the few minutes we have in a class where children have the opportunity to learn a particular subject in that class, that their full attention is devoted to that subject,” Governor Abbott said during the signing.
