This scene is one California lawmakers are hoping ... on what constitutes an emergency, leaving it to schools to decide. Student cellphone use at L.A. public schools will be banned starting ...

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

If signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Phone-Free Schools Act would require schools to create plans to limit or ban phone use by July 2026.

If passed, Assembly Bill 3216, also referred to as The Phones-Free Act, would require schools to come up with a plan to limit ...

In California and across the United States this year, policies banning or restricting student cellphone use on school campuses are being enacted in an effort to curb bullying, classroom distractions ...

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.

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

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

Gov. Gavin Newsom, in a letter to school leaders last month, encouraged districts to enact restrictions on smartphones on campuses.

Across California, there have been concerted efforts to greatly restrict or outright ban the use of cellphones ... a blanket district-wide cellphone ban isn’t coming until 2025, but individual schools ...

When Wisconsin students head back to the classrooms this week, many will have to leave their phones behind — in door-hanging ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who previously spoke in favor of limits on cellphone use, is expected to sign the Phone-Free Schools Act, also known as Assembly Bill 3216. If he does, California will become ...