Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath called for lawmakers to ban the use of cellphones in public schools across the state. Morath's comments about a statewide ban came during his testimony at a Senate Education Committee hearing on Wednesday,

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath proposed a statewide school cellphone ban, citing harm to students' academic and mental health.

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.