It is illegal to possess a pager or beeper on public school grounds.

The Law Explained

Passed during the height of the 1990s war on drugs, this law made it a crime for public school students to carry pagers, which were heavily associated with gang activity and drug dealing at the time. While modern students walk the halls with smartphones infinitely more powerful, the specific ban on obsolete beepers remained on the books for decades. It reflects the technological panic of a very specific era.