Students at the Studio City high school can still bring phones to school, but must use an app blocking distracting games and ...

There are exceptions to the rules. As an example, students can use their phones riding to and from school on a school bus if it does not interfere with the driver. Students can also access their ...

In 2026, all school districts in California will be required to adopt policies restricting or prohibiting students’ use of smartphones during the school day. The new law also requires the policy ...

The buzz of notifications in a back pocket. A text sent below the desk. A snap. A like. All these daily interruptions from cellphones will soon disappear for Vermont K-12 students when the state’s ...

Many students returning to Minnesota classrooms this year will find new restrictions in place on cellphone use. A number of schools implemented policies on cellphones last year, but this year is the ...

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will ban cellphones for K-12 students attending schools on military bases.

Incoming seniors wearing matching camo pants and black tops catch up before class on the first day of school at Palo Alto High School on August 14, 2024. The Palo Alto School Board recommended on ...

A new state law that takes effect this school year requires students to turn off their phones and put them away during the school day. As many North Carolina students return to school Monday, they'll ...

I have a love-hate relationship with my kids' smartphones. So I was relieved when I saw that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed legislation that bans cell phones in public schools. School starts ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Florida students are heading back to school without their phones in class. A state law that just went into effect this school year is cracking ...

Oregon’s new school cell phone ban takes effect Jan. 1, but some districts put it in place earlier. Most districts are ...

In the San Diego Unified School District, school returned as always this fall, but with a change: new rules about cell phone use, driven by a new state law requiring all schools to enact a policy ...