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

Here's are the details of California's Phone-Free Schools Act, approved by lawmakers and sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Get ready ...

If enacted, California would join Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, South Carolina and Ohio in passing statewide cellphone use ...

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.

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

California would become the fifth state to require public schools to restrict or ban student smartphone use on school grounds ...

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

Huddling for safety in classrooms as gunfire rang out, students at Apalachee High School texted or called their parents to ...

California law could soon require districts to restrict students' cellphone use on campuses, but several local school boards are already taking action.

The U.S. Department of Education will release new guidelines on cell phone use in schools in October, as a growing number of ...

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 ...

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