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As a result, students are now prohibited from bringing mobile phones onto campus starting from March 26, 2024. However, due to over 6,000 students being suspended for phone use as of October 2024, Greek middle and high school students launched a protest against excessive discipline, particularly relating to the cell phone ban. [52]
A 2024 California law requires the state’s nearly 1,000 school districts to create their own cellphone policies by July 2026. Several other states haven’t banned phones, but have encouraged ...
In Orange County, Florida, the school district implemented its own policy banning phones, smartwatches, and earbuds in 2023 before the state began enforcing one this July.
Florida was the first state to crack down on phones in school, passing a 2023 law that requires all public schools to ban cellphone use during class time and block access to social media on district Wi-Fi. A 2024 California law requires the state’s nearly 1,000 school districts to create their own cellphone policies by July 2026.
Schools are finding creative ways to stop students from using their cellphones during the day, fueling debates about the effectiveness and wisdom of such bans. Some schools have partnered with ...
A group of high school student use their mobile phones. Across the country, most check-ins with middle and high school students are pretty much the same. The bans are going just fine.
Schools that banned phones a few years ago have advice on how to make it work. CalMatters reports on how California's governor is calling for a statewide crackdown on cell phones in schools, an ...
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 ...