How's the cell phone ban going? Students, teachers weigh in

AUSTIN (KXAN) — When the school year began a few weeks ago, students across Texas were met with a new rule: no cell phones.

Implementation of the rule may vary from school to school, but they're based on a law that says districts should either ban devices from campus or provide storage for them during the school day.

The rules include cell phones, tablets, smartwatches, gaming devices and even radios and pagers.

School districts around the state spent the last few weeks coming up with a plan on how to enforce the new rules.

At Round Rock ISD, students will be allowed to bring their phones to school.

Before the school year, Superintendent Hafedh Azaiez said, "The law is the law and we have to obey the law. The law pretty much says you can't have your cellphones during the instructional