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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 ...
Many of the schools that moved early to adopt such bans are smaller and charter schools, like Soar Academy, a TK-8 charter school with 430 mostly low-income students in San Bernardino, California.
Gov. Newsom signed the Phone-Free Schools Act into law. It requires California school districts to draft policies restricting or banning student cellphone use.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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]