Los Angeles Unified School District

Bill to Limit Cell Phone Usage During School Hours Signed By Governor Gavin Newsom

September 24, 2024 7:30 amSeptember 24, 2024 7:31 am

A bill to require all California public schools to come up with policies to either ban or limit smartphone usage during the school day was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday. Assembly Bill 3216, authored by Assemblyman...

Bill to Require Public Schools To Ban, Limit Smartphones During School Day Passes Assembly

August 30, 2024 2:45 amAugust 30, 2024 2:46 am

A bill that would require all California public schools to come up with policies to either ban or limit smartphone usage during the school day passed the Assembly in a unanimous 77-0 vote earlier this week, bringing the bill to...

Education Leaders Fire Back Following Rejection of Mandatory Kindergarten Bill

August 20, 2024 12:27 pmAugust 20, 2024 12:27 pm

Education experts and leaders continued to denounce the Senate’s rejection of a bill this week that would have made Kindergarten in California mandatory. Opponents of the bill said that the cost of the bill would have caused it to be...

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,...

Cell Phone and Social Media Ban

July 9, 2024 2:55 amJuly 9, 2024 2:56 am

Los Angeles Unified School District recently joined the growing list of school districts around the country to ban the use of cell phones and social media during school hours. While I generally disagree with policies emerging from the LAUSD School...

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...