If passed school districts will have to adopt a policy by July 2026 to limit or ban the use of smartphones by students during ...

California schools are now required to have a plan to limit cellphone use in school. However, one school district already has a policy -- and it has been in effect for a year.

The Phone-Free School Act was authored by a bipartisan group of Assembly members that includes Republican Josh Hoover and ...

California could soon require TK-12 public school districts to restrict students' cellphone use on campuses, but several ...

Concerned parents and unionized teachers caused New York City Mayor Eric Adams to delay a plan to limit cellphone use in ...

Test scores are slightly up, fights are down and teachers can better focus on instruction - thanks to a cellphone ban.

In all, seven states have banned or restricted cellphone use in schools, according to a review this month from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Fourteen have introduced bills doing the same, and six more ...

In an effort to control student cell phone usage during school hours and class time, this school year brought a wave of new ...

The shooting at a Georgia high school has highlighted concerns raised about a growing effort to ban or restrict cellphones in ...

Across California, there have been concerted efforts to greatly restrict or outright ban the use of cellphones ... Orange County updated its cellphone policy in October 2023, with differing rules for ...

California state legislators passed a bill last week requiring school districts to ban or restrict student smartphone use on campuses during school hours.

Those opposed to cellphone bans say they cut off a lifeline parents have to make sure their children are safe during school shootings or other emergencies.