WA governor lays groundwork for cellphone ban in public schools

By: Aspen Ford

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 580

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has been traveling the state to build support for his forthcoming legislation to ban cellphones in public schools.

On Wednesday, Ferguson promoted his “away for the day” plan at Pasco High School, where a phone ban is already in place.

“We find it hard to believe that we ever allowed smoking on airplanes, right?” Ferguson said. “That’s how we’ll view cellphones being available in classrooms.”

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