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As of the time when the bill was passed, almost two-thirds of Brazilian schools restrict mobile phone use during school hours and 28% of schools completely banned them. In addition, 82% of parents supported a phone ban. The ban affects students between 4 and 17 years old and was made to safeguard the mental and physical health of children. [38]
Florida moved first in the summer of 2023 by passing a law requiring all schools to prohibit cellphone use during school days, prohibiting social media use on schools' internet, and requiring that ...
Nationally, 77% of U.S. schools say they prohibit cellphones at school for non-academic use, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. But that number is misleading.
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.
Newsom said he plans to build on a law he signed in 2019 that authorized school districts to limit or ban the use of smartphones by students while at school or under the supervision of a school employee. “As the Surgeon General affirmed, social media is harming the mental health of our youth," the Democratic governor said in a statement.
A new advocacy group armed with a hefty funding pot has launched a push to ban smart-phone use in New York’s schools. The group — Phone Free New York — has already raised six figures for its ...
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.
Several school districts in Texas have recently implemented bans on cell phone use during the school day: ... will: 1. Ask the student to hand over the mobile phone. 2. Put the student’s name on ...