Kentucky kids could soon face classroom cell phone ban thanks to 'common sense' bill: 'Get distractions out'

Kentucky state Rep. Josh Bray told 'Fox & Friends Weekend' about distractions in public schools, urging the need for legislation to curb cell phone usage in classrooms.

Bray touted the effort as a "common sense" approach to curtailing the increasingly problematic use of social media and texting during school hours. The push, he said, came after hearing from teachers who said the distractions make their jobs more challenging.  Taylor Penley is an associate editor with Fox News.

"I was at a middle school basketball game, and I had a teacher approach me, and they talked about the need to get cell phones out of classrooms. They said it's a tremendous distraction, especially post-COVID. We faced a number of issues in the education space, post-COVID. We've seen a drastic increase in mental health issues. We've seen an increase in suicides. Test scores aren't where we want them to be, so we just thought that this was common sense," Bray said.