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Board hears committee recommendation to limit student smartphone use during instructional time
Summary
A district committee told the Jefferson Union High School District board it recommends that smartphones be turned off and stored during instructional minutes; the committee stopped short of recommending a districtwide bell-to-bell ban and will return a redline policy at the next meeting.
The Jefferson Union High School District board on Monday received a committee report recommending that students keep smartphones powered off and put away during instructional time, while allowing individual school sites to explore a full bell-to-bell ban if it suits their communities.
Miss Van Rapphorst, who introduced the agenda item under AB 32 16, said the state law requires districts to adopt a policy by July 1, 2026. The committee — led by Cesar Vega, vice principal of Jefferson High School, and including site administrators, teachers and special-education staff — spent the 2025–26 year surveying stakeholders and reviewing neighboring districts’ approaches.
“I am Cesar Vega, vice principal of Jefferson High School,” Vega told the board during the presentation, and summarized the committee’s outreach. He said staff at four of the district’s five high…
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