Calling smartphones a distraction from learning, a California lawmaker wants to follow the lead of France and require school districts to adopt policies that restrict or prohibit students from using them on campus.
New legislation from Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi would require school boards to adopt policies that limit or prohibit the use of cell phones on school grounds.
Many school districts have already banned the use of cell phones, said Muratsuchi, a former Torrance school board member. The school board’s president, Linda Reid, said “concern about cheating and cyberbullying has also come up,” adding that “parents begged us for a policy.”The California School Board Assn. has not yet taken a position on the bill, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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