Pritzker and lawmakers are working on statewide rules regarding cellphones in schools, but there are a number of schools in the Chicago area that have already established their own rules banning cellphones in classrooms.

On Tuesday, the N.C. House K-12 Education Committee backed a bill that requires school districts and charter schools to adopt a policy that eliminates or severely restricts student access to cellphones during instructional time. The Senate Education Committee is scheduled to take up its own phone ban bill on Wednesday.