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To implement the ban, the school relied on an about $35,000 grant from its alumni association to purchase locking pouches that students are asked to put their phones in each morning.
About 800 schools are covered by the ban; adult education and early education are exempt. About half of schools chose to use the honor system. Phones are simply expected to be turned off and put away.
The school’s phone ban was a grassroots effort that began with a few teachers volunteering to pilot the program in their classrooms. Full faculty buy-in came next, followed by convincing parents.
Phones are currently banned or restricted in public and state primary and secondary schools in every jurisdiction except for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Queensland. [27] However, while Queensland plans to introduce a blanket ban in 2024; [ 28 ] the ACT has no formal plans to introduce a blanket ban.
Other large school districts, such as Los Angeles, were able to ban phones on school campuses. Florida banned cellphones across the state in 2023 and Indiana and Ohio passed legislation this year ...
Bans from San Mateo to San Diego. Soar's experience has been mirrored on a larger scale in the San Mateo-Foster City School District, which serves 10,000 students at 21 TK-8 schools south of San ...
(Reuters) -The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday voted to ban smartphones for its 429,000 students in an attempt to insulate kids from distractions and social media ...
California has passed the Phone-Free School Act requiring school districts, charter schools and county office of education to pass cell phone bans or restrictions by July 2026. ... for smartphone ...