LAUSD is banning cellphone use across the hundreds of schools within the nation's second-largest school district beginning on Feb. 18. Here's how it could work.

LAUSD says its student cellphone ban will start Feb. 18. Schools will decide how to restrict phones, from telling students to put them in backpacks to using magnetically sealed pouches.

Cell phones must be turned off and stored away and can't be used during breaks, according to LAUSD's cell phone ban, which goes into effect Feb. 18.

Sarah Horobin experienced the increasing distraction of students with cell phones in her Taft High School classes over the years. It was hard to compete with a device that lured away a student’s attention with texts,

Indiana's statewide ban on cell phones during class has had an effect on classrooms ... A 2023 Pew Research Study found seven-in-10 (72%) of high school teachers viewed cell phone use as a major problem, compared to 33% at the middle school level.

A new bill was pre-filed in Alabama that could ban the use of cellphones and other electronic devices by students in K-12 schools.

The district’s presentation to the Board of Education showed the LAUSD’s policy will align with the Phone-Free School Act, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law to require every school district to come up with a policy to limit or prohibit the use of smartphones.

We cannot ignore the powerful relationship between students and their phones—and what they mean for equity in our most challenged schools.

The cell phone ban at the country’s second-largest school district will begin early next year, and now officials are detailing just how the massive change will take effect. The Los Angeles Unified School District voted to ban cell phone use during the school day in June.