Cellphone use is no more in Texas public school classrooms. House Bill 1481 prohibits cellphones, smart watches, tablets and other forms of "digital communication" during the school day. Public schools must stop their students from bringing their cell phones on school property or design a storage method.

News Texas laws impacting students in 2025 include a ban on cell phones, the Ten Commandments in classrooms, a personal financial literacy course requirement, banned additives in school lunches, parental control over library reading material,