FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) -- Virginia's largest school district has a new cell phone policy that is getting some pushback.

The new rules that Fairfax County Public Schools adopted are more lenient than other school districts -- they allow high school students to use their phones at lunch during the 2025-26 school year.

While the school district is defending both the effects and legality of its new policy, some argue that it may violate a new law.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed the Bell to Bell law. The law states that should be no phone usage from "bell to bell," as in "after the first bell rings at the start of the school day to begin instructional time until the dismissal [bell] rings at the end of the school day." It also includes "lunch and time in between class periods

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