Posts tagged Senate Bill 2427
Pritzker gets his school cell phone ban bill despite CTU opposition
June 23, 2026 // While acknowledging that “phones can be distracting,” the CTU opposes the measure because phones can be “lifelines for students” who fear immigration enforcement. But that’s arguably covered by one of the exceptions districts can detail in their emergency and crisis response plans. The union also called the bill itself a distraction, that noting managing phones already “is part of the daily work” of educators. With just 2-in-5 Chicago Public Schools students reading at grade level and about 1-in-4 doing math proficiently, maybe the CTU shouldn’t get distracted itself by a cell phone law.