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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 ...
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 ...
At least eight states have enacted measures banning or restricting cellphones in schools, and several others have encouraged districts to enact restrictions or provided funding for equipment to ...
The $252 billion budget proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Jan. 21, 2025, includes a ban on students using cell phones during school, pitched as way to remove learning distractions.
According to a study by the London School of Economics, students' academic performance improved when policies were implemented to ban cell phone usage in schools. This ban not only helped students score higher on exams but also reduced the students' temptation to use cell phones for non-scholarly purposes. [73]
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.
A couple examples: Gray Middle School, 6229 S. Tyler St., states on its website that cell phones, personal devices and airpods must stay confined to bags or lockers from 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m ...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s order to ban cell phones in public schools is getting high marks from area legislators. Three of the four legislators – Republicans, like the governor – appear to ...