Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath said that cellphone use in schools has an "extremely harmful" impact on students.

Districts are taking action. Some districts in Texas have banned cellphone use in classrooms while others have banned cellphone use on school property. And some districts still allow cellphones and haven't taken action against them.

Recent school incidents, particularly this month’s school shooting in Georgia, are raising new concerns about cell phone bans. After the Apalachee High shooting, as well as the rash

Portland Public Schools is considering a new district-wide policy that would ban cell phones in classrooms. Grant High School is one of the first to try it as a pilot program. A district-wide ban could go into effect as early as next year,