Fewer phones and more books — Cox commends new education laws

By: Alixel Cabrera

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: April 10, 2026

Words: 918

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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From taxing social media companies in the state, to banning cellphones during the full school day and implementing policies to improve literacy, Utah leaders’ K-12 theme in the past legislative session centered on students going back to basics. The vision, some of them say, is to see children talking more with each other face to face, or working on increasing the list of books they have completed.

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