The San Diego Unified School District unanimously approved a “phone-free school day” policy on Tuesday for the 2025-26 school year.
Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 3216, known as the Phone-Free School Act. It requires every school district, charter school and county office of education to adopt a policy limiting or prohibiting the use of phones by July 1, 2026.
“We are also updating them not just because of the law, but we realize our existing policy has been in place since 2003, so we see an overall need to update this policy,” SDUSD Chief of Staff Enrique Ruacho said…