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Weeks after the start of a new academic year, Utah educators seem pleased with the early results prompted by a new law prohibiting cellphone use during K-12 class time.

Utah is one of 35 states with laws or rules limiting phones or other electronic devices in school.

Gov. Spencer Cox supports an enhanced "bell-to-bell" cellphone prohibition in Utah K-12 schools.

It’s been a few weeks since Utah kids reported back to school with their cellphones silenced and buried deep in their backpacks or a secured pouch — at least during class time.

Earlier this year, Utah lawmakers passed the so-called “No cellphones in K-12 schools” bill, prohibiting students in the state’s public schools from using their phones when they are in class.

The new law includes a local caveat — individual

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