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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ... a blanket district-wide cellphone ban isn’t coming until 2025, but individual schools ...

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.

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