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High school students using their phones during recess at the Lycee Aristide Maillol in Perpignan in the Pyrenees-Orientales department in the South of France on November 14, 2024. (Jc Milhet / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)

Alabama governor pushes K-12 cell phone ban

During a recent address, Kansas Gov. Kay Ivey announced legislation to ban students’ use of cell phones at K-12 schools.
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Demonstrators protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters to demand the release of immigrants families in detention centers at risk during the coronavirus pandemic, in Washington, D.C., on July 17, 2020. (Olivier Douliery / AFP via Getty Images)

Stakes raised on student data privacy as Trump plans greater immigration enforcement

The nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology says schools should review their policies ahead of a new presidential administration that has promised to ramp up immigration enforcement.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson speaks during a press conference at Woodland High School on April 5, 2023 in Marble Hill, Missouri. (Michael B. Thomas / Getty Images)

Missouri governor vetoes school surveillance tech bill

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson vetoed a bill that he said seemed to violate state procurement laws because it described "a specific vendor’s platform.”
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