He also voted to ban hand-held cellular devices while driving.

One school district in Ontario banned digital devices from their schools.

These measures include banning ammunition-feeding devices with the capacity to shoot 15 rounds without reloading.

The chancellor's regulations explicitly ban cellphones and other electronic devices from school property.

"Many states have banned these inhumane and barbaric devices, but Connecticut has not," he said.

Yet efforts to ban electronic devices in cars have failed in state legislatures around the country.

Others ban devices inside the school but allow them on the grounds or after classes.

There was a rule banning "moveable aerodynamic devices", but the fan also drew air through a horizontally mounted radiator over the engine.

In 2011, he voted against a failed proposal to ban hand-held cellular devices while driving.

The school was the first in Massachusetts to ban iPods and other electronic devices during school hours.