 Some parents, though, leery about kids not having phones. What if there's an emergency? What if there's an active shoot? 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. However, school systems in the Palmetto State will have to stop cell phone use in classes. If not, they'll lose state funding.