{
  "id": 15740,
  "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/pritzker-signs-school-cellphone-ban-to-avoid-student-distractions",
  "title": "Illinois Governor Signs School Cellphone Ban to Avoid Student Distractions",
  "summary": "Students in all Illinois public schools will soon have to abide by rules barring them from using cellphones or other personal electronic communication devices during school hours unless they have been given specific permission to use them. Although many districts already have similar policies in place, Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday that will require all districts […]",
  "authors": "Peter Hancock",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation,children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-02T16:30:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-03T05:10:47.622Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-74-education-ai",
  "source_name": "The 74 (education AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.the74million.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15740",
  "original_url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/pritzker-signs-school-cellphone-ban-to-avoid-student-distractions",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}