Legislation in the General Assembly would require schools to ban personal devices during class, provide secure storage and review policies every three years.

At least eight states have enacted cellphone bans over the past two years, and proposals are being considered in several more states this year.

A Florida state lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban public schools of higher education with an acceptance rate of less than 85% from admitting students in the country without legal authorization.

The curriculum—designed by the state's public education agency—would allow teachings from the Bible such as the Golden Rule and lessons from books such as Genesis into classrooms. Under the plan, it would be optional for schools to adopt the curriculum though they would receive additional funding if they did so.

A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public classrooms is "unconstitutional on its face," a federal judge ruled, ordering state education officials not to take steps to enforce it and to notify all local school boards in the state of his decision.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson named members of a new school board on Monday, batting away criticism of the move days after all seven members resigned amid an escalating fight over control of the public schools in the nation's third-largest city.

Before he was suspended, Zaire Byrd was thriving. He acted in school plays, played on the football team and trained with other athletes. He had never been suspended before—he'd never even received detention.

In the Florida panhandle, one tiny district plans to consolidate its last three stand-alone elementary schools into one campus because there aren't enough students to cover the costs of keeping the doors open.