By The student cell phone ban in Texas may be exposing concerning student behavior previously hidden on personal phones.
Austin ISD logged a record 82-hundred safety alerts on district laptops last year. Most of that increase came from violence alerts, which jumped by over a thousand, and suicide warnings, which rose by about 700.
District leaders say the increase may reflect the phone ban, expanded web monitoring, and more students using AI chats on district devices. They say the added visibility can help educators and counselors identify serious concerns sooner.
