The bill, authored by Stark County Sen. Jane Timken and backed by Gov. Mike DeWine, cleared the Senate 30-2 and now heads to ...

A ban on cell phones in K-12 schools is closer to a reality, with the Ohio Senate voting overwhelmingly to pass it Wednesday ...

Denver Moore waves to motorcyclists as a parade in his honor arrives at the SAM Center in Canal Fulton for his 104th birthday ...

Ohio's Senate just served students a hard do-not-disturb IRL — advancing a bill aimed at unplugging students from cellphones in the classroom.

The lone Democratic Justice, Jennifer Brunner, wrote a dissent accusing her colleagues of playing word games to deny killed ...

The Ohio Senate passed a measure this week that would generally prohibit Ohio K-12 students from using cellphones during the school day. Senate Bill 158 passed by a vote of 30-2 Wednesday, with two ...

The Ohio Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would generally ban students’ cell phone use during school instructional time ...

Jane Timken. “This legislation is a common-sense approach to unplug our children from the constant distractions that they have in the classroom. It will reduce those distractions and will ...

Sen. Jane Timken (R-Jackson Township) sponsored Senate Bil 158, which would require schools to adopt policies to ban cell phone usage during the school day. She said schools that ban students from ...

Senate Bill 158 builds on a law that gives districts until July to implement a policy on student cellphone use.