Gov. JB Pritzker signs Illinois school cellphone ban into law to make classrooms 'more conducive to learning'

Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday intended to keep students’ eyes off their phones and on their school work, adding Illinois to the list of states that ban distracting devices in the classroom. All local school districts will be required to institute bell-to-bell cellphone bans, though high schools will have the option of limiting access to lunch and passing periods, in order to restrict “the disruption that smartphones create throughout the school day,” Pritzker said at an Elgin…