California would become the sixth state to require public schools to restrict or ban student smartphone use on school grounds under legislation Gov. Gavin Newsom has supported and is expected to sign.

KCRA 3 has reached out to several school districts in Northern California about their cellphone use policy. As of 12:46 p.m., we have heard back from two school districts about their policies ...

Sutter Middle School in Folsom restricts student cell phone use. California will follow after Gavin Newsom signed Josh Hoover’s AB 3216.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed legislation requiring schools to limit or prohibit students from using their cellphones on campus during the school day. Assembly Bill 3216, which ...

Los Angeles Unified leaders designated millions in taxpayer dollars to pay for pouches, lockers and other materials to ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent letters Tuesday to school districts, urging them to restrict students' use of smartphones on campus — a move that comes amid an ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent letters Tuesday to school districts, urging them to restrict students’ use of smartphones on campus — a move that comes amid an ...

One of the biggest issues administrators at Sutter Middle School in Folsom faced coming back to campus after COVID-19 shutdowns was the prevalence of cellphone use on campus.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent letters Tuesday to school districts, urging them to restrict students’ use of smartphones on campus — a move that comes amid an ...

By SOPHIE AUSTIN. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and South Carolina could become the next states to limit cellphone use in schools, with state officials planning to take up the issue Tuesday.