At Ogden High School, the expectation is that when students are in class, their cellphones are stowed in their backpacks or purses.

Violators run the risk of their phones being placed in a locker in the classroom. Repeat offenders’ phones can be taken to the school office for additional consequences with parental involvement.

The restrictions were put in place at Ogden High after Utah Gov. Spencer Cox urged school leaders to support a policy halting cellphone use during class time.

Most Utahns support limiting cellphone use during instructional time, according to a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll.

Sixty-nine percent of Utahns said they supported the policy, while 26% were opposed and 6% said they “don’t know.”

Bill condemning abusive coaching draws emotional testimony from ex-Utah gymnasts

A former University of Utah gymnast who retired from the sport after alleging emotional and verbal abuse during her time on the team had some questions for state lawmakers Monday:

“My question to all of you and anyone else who cares to listen (is) why is this not taken as seriously as physical abuse or sexual abuse? Why is it not looked at that same way?” Kara Eaker asked members of the Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee.

“And I don’t want to compare this to sexual assault or physical abuse but it is still just as damaging and still just as important to be able to recognize and do something about.”

Read more about what ex-Utah gymnasts said.

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