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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 ...
Gov. Newsom signed the Phone-Free Schools Act into law. It requires California school districts to draft policies restricting or banning student cellphone use.
Schools that banned phones a few years ago have advice on how to make it work. ... the idea originated at the end of the 2022-2023 school year, when teachers said they were fed up with distracted ...
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.
Under current law, districts or county offices of education have the option to ban or limit cell phone use during school hours. The new law makes it mandatory beginning in the 2026 academic year.
The Los Angeles Unified School District, one of the largest in the country, has banned cell phone use during school days. Sacramento area school districts have also implemented policies limiting ...
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 ...
Student cellphone use at L.A. public schools will be banned starting in January ... California Assembly ... group found that 97% of 11- to 17-year-olds used their phones during the school day.