Cell phone ban for high schools, school metal detectors, literacy bill move through Georgia House

By: Ross Williams

Outlets: Georgia Recorder

Published: February 24, 2026

Words: 1,090

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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The Georgia House passed a slew of bills Tuesday that could reshape the way public school students learn.

The chamber approved bills including a ban on cell phones for high schoolers, a requirement to install weapons detectors at school entrances and a bill aimed at boosting reading rates that Speaker Jon Burns called “arguably the most impactful education legislation passed by this House since the HOPE Scholarship was created three decades ago.”

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