A big decision has been taken in California, USA regarding the interest of students. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill and made it a law. Under this law, schools will have to limit or ban the use of smartphones. There is a growing consensus that excessive use can increase the risk of mental illness and affect studies. According to Education Week, after Florida banned phones in the classroom in 2023, this year thirteen other states have banned cellphones in school or advised local teachers to do so.
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California, with about 5.9 million public school students, has followed its own Los Angeles County, whose school board in June banned smartphones for its 429,000 students. That same month, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for social media platforms to have warning labels similar to those on cigarette packages, likening the problem to a mental health emergency.
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Murthy cited a study published in the medical journal JAMA that showed teens who spend more than three hours a day on social media may be at increased risk for mental illness, while he cited a Gallup poll that showed the average teen spends 4.8 hours a day on social media. California’s bill, which passed 76-0 in the state Assembly and 38-1 in the Senate, would require school boards or other governing bodies to develop a policy to limit or prohibit smartphone use by students on campus by July 1, 2026, and update the policy every five years.
