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Arkansas has officially implemented a “phone-free” pilot program at school districts across the state.
The program, championed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is currently underway at 112 school districts throughout the state.
The initiative to establish “phone-free” schools was implemented to enhance students’ mental health and reduce screen addiction, according to the governor.
“We are doing this in Arkansas and hope to see more states follow our lead!” Sanders wrote in an X post on Dec. 9, noting that she was inspired after reading Jonathan Haidt’s book, “The Anxious Generation.”
The initiative is financed by $7 million in state funding that allows schools to buy pouches or lock mechanisms for students to store their phones, as well as provides grants to participating schools for mental health programs….
