Denver, Colorado – Tonight, the Denver Public Schools Board of Education voted to adopt a bell-to-bell cell phone policy for their full instructional day for every student in the district.
Stand for Children Colorado has been working alongside parents, educators, and community members across Colorado for more than a year to push for districtwide bell-to-bell/away-all-day cell phone policies.
Stand for Children Executive Director Krista Spurgin issued the following statement:
“DPS led one of the most collaborative, thoughtful processes we have seen to develop their cell phone policy for students. Their advisory committee of parents, educators, and community members spent months reviewing the research and developing a clear recommendation. They surveyed the community and heard back loud and clear — 76% of educators and 64% of the broader community supported a bell-to-bell policy.
The board listened, and tonight they acted.
Soon every DPS student will have a school day free from the nonstop distraction phones are designed to create. That matters for their mental health, their friendships, and their ability to learn. This is what teachers and the community asked for. And the DPS board delivered.”
Other districts in Colorado with bell-to-bell policies include: Boulder Valley School District, Boulder Valley (went into effect in January 2025), Mesa D51 (just passed), Westminster (just passed).
Stand for Children Colorado advances solutions that increase opportunities for families, historically furthest from privilege, through meaningful partnerships with families, educators, schools, and policymakers.
