Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath said that cellphone use in schools has an "extremely harmful" impact on students.

Recent school incidents, particularly this month’s school shooting in Georgia, are raising new concerns about cell phone bans. After the Apalachee High shooting, as well as the rash

Mike Morath made the recommendation as concerns rise that phones are harmful to students’ mental health and distract them from learning.

Some Texas school districts now limit or outright ban students from using their cellphones in class, and there's momentum to make that policy apply for the nearly 6 million children in public schools.

Portland Public Schools is considering a new district-wide policy that would ban cell phones in classrooms. Grant High School is one of the first to try it as a pilot program. A district-wide ban could go into effect as early as next year,