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LAUSD Smart Phone Ban Goes Into Effect On Tuesday

February 18, 2025 5:43 pmFebruary 18, 2025 5:43 pm

The Los Angeles Unified School District smart phone ban policy went into effect on Tuesday, ending virtually all smart phone and smart device usage while in school for students in grades K-12. For years, cell phones in schools have been...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Pushes for Cell Phone Restrictions In Schools

August 13, 2024 12:21 pmAugust 13, 2024 12:21 pm

In a letter to Californian school districts on Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom called for a new restriction on cell phones in classes, citing the mental health, scholastic, and social risks of cell phone use in classrooms. In recent years,...

Pouches, Lockers, And Trusting Students: The Options For Enforcing The LAUSD Cell Phone Ban

June 21, 2024 6:02 pmJune 21, 2024 6:02 pm

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) now has a cell phone ban in place for next year. Other school districts and even the state jumped onboard with a similar ban, after the recent U.S. Surgeon General announcement on cell...

LAUSD Votes For District-Wide Student Cell Phone Ban During School Hours

June 19, 2024 2:45 amJune 19, 2024 2:46 am

As the Los Angeles Unified School District prepped for vote on Monday to ban cell phones during school hours, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for a tobacco-style warning label to be put on all social media platforms, as they...

LAUSD Vote Tuesday for District-Wide Student Cell Phone Ban

June 17, 2024 5:05 pmJune 17, 2024 5:09 pm

The Los Angeles Unified School District is to vote on a district-wide school hours cell phone ban on Tuesday, with the policy coming into effect by January 2025 if successful. For years, cell phones in schools have been a growing...

Los Angeles School Board to Fire 133 Police Officers in Favor of ‘Climate Coach’ Program

February 17, 2021 2:35 amFebruary 17, 2021 3:15 pm

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education announced a sweeping overhaul of school security, voting to fire 133 Los Angeles School Police Department (LASPD) members in favor of school “climate coaches”. The decision to cut...

LA School District Board Votes That District Can Sue State Over Gov. Newsom’s Reopening Plan

January 13, 2021 6:09 pmJanuary 13, 2021 6:11 pm

On Tuesday, the board of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) voted unanimously to sue California if the state decides to continue on with Governor Gavin Newsom’s reopening plan. Announced in late December, Governor Newsom currently calls for a...