A glimpse at the NEXTGEN learning nothing more or less than how to surrender to authority . "House Bill 2299, signed into law by Governor Laura Kelly in March 2026, requires all Kansas public schools and accredited private schools to ban cellphone use during the school day. "This is the first school year under the new bell-to-bell cellphone ban. Phones must be off and stored, not just silenced, from the first bell to the last, including lunch and passing periods. Schools across the state are taking different approaches to making that happen."