 Though some parents leery about their kids not having a phone. What if there's an emergency? What if there's an active, you know, I want to be able to reach my child. I want to be able to know my child is okay. So I think these policies are going to have to be that the child has access to their phone, but the phone is not out during teaching time. But the new law says school systems in South Carolina will have to stop cell phone use in classes. If not, they will lose state funding.