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New state law AB 272 passed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday aims to minimize cellphone use in the classroom in an effort to boost students' mental health. School districts and charter schools have ...
California school districts will be required to adopt policies that limit or prohibit the use of smartphones by students under a bill passed Wednesday by the state Legislature.
The law, called the Phone-Free Schools Act, requires California's 1,000 school districts, charter schools and county education offices to draft student cellphone policies by July 1, 2026.
The Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today's Youth Act, also known as the AB1955 bill, Safety Act or SAFETY Act, [1] [2] [3] is an first-in-nation act signed and activated by California governor Gavin Newsom on July 15, 2024.
As summer break comes to a close and kids prepare to head back to school, California and South Carolina could soon join the growing list of states to limit cellphone use in the classroom.
Many public high schools provide for a school-funded newspaper, most often the product of a journalism class taken for credit. As a recent Legal News Advisory issued by the California Department of Education noted, these newspapers exist mainly to teach students the elements of journalism and to supplement the language arts curriculum.
Newsom said he plans to build on a law he signed in 2019 that authorized school districts to limit or ban the u. California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that he wants to restrict students ...
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.