Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs classroom smartphone ban for Michigan schools

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs classroom smartphone ban for Michigan schools
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a new law to ban smartphones from public school classrooms starting this fall, making good on a pledge to keep the devices out of instructional time.

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