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District committee recommends limiting student smartphone use during instructional time
Summary
A committee convened under AB 32 16 recommended that the Jefferson Union High School District require students to turn off and put away smartphones during instructional time, encourage individual schools to consider bell-to-bell bans, and return a redline of proposed policy language at the next meeting.
A committee formed to respond to AB 32 16 presented its findings to the Jefferson Union High School District board and recommended that smartphones be turned off and put away during instructional time, rather than immediately imposing a district-wide bell-to-bell ban.
The recommendation, delivered by committee co-chairs and site leaders, followed a year of meetings, a districtwide survey and a review of peer research linking stricter phone policies to improved classroom outcomes. The committee reported it included representatives from Jefferson, Oceana, Westmore and Thornton high schools and that staff responses generally favored stricter rules while students were less supportive: the committee said roughly 4% of responding students favored a full bell-to-bell ban.
Why it matters: AB 32 16 requires districts to adopt policies limiting or prohibiting student phone use by July 1,…
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