The California Legislature approved a statewide cellphone ban this week. LAUSD schools that have had bans in place for years provide a window into the future.

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

Here's are the details of California's Phone-Free Schools Act, approved by lawmakers and sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Get ready for a massive change for cellphone-obsessed students.

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

The Apalachee school shooting was a painful reminder for Brandi Scire of why she got a cellphone for her daughter, now a high school sophomore in Broward County, Florida. Both her children went to

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

It's not about me texting my daughter during regular school or anything like that. It's a safety measure and I'm sorry, I cannot let that go.”

Cellphones are not only a distraction in class, they can also be a distraction during an emergency, when survival may depend on split-second decisions, experts say.

There are movements across the U.S. to ban cell phone use in classrooms. Not everyone is on board, though, and brutal murders such as those in a Georgia school this week weigh heavily on public opinion.