Next Halloween could be extra scary for students across Oregon, courtesy of an executive order issued Wednesday by Gov. Tina Kotek that gives the state’s 197 public school districts until October 31 to come up with a policy that prohibits cellphone use for the entire school day.

By the middle of the upcoming school year, Oregon students will not be allowed to use their cellphones in school. Gov. Tina Kotek on July 2 issued an executive order to Oregon’s 197 school districts,

Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday delivered a widely-expected executive order on cellphone usage in schools, requiring all 197 Oregon school districts to develop policies implementing a ban from the start to end of regular instructional hours.