California School Districts: Cell Phone Policy & Enforcement
California's Phone-Free School Act (AB 3216) required every school district, county office of education and charter school to adopt a policy limiting or prohibiting student smartphone use by July 1, 2026. It is not a statewide ban: each district sets the scope.
- State rule
- Law in effectClass-time or district-policy law
- Law
- AB 3216 (2024), Phone-Free School Act
- When
- Since July 1, 2026
California district policy guides
- Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles, Los Angeles County · about 430,000 students
- San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego, San Diego County · about 95,000 students
- Fresno Unified School DistrictFresno, Fresno County · about 70,000 students
- Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach, Los Angeles County · about 65,000 students
- Elk Grove Unified School DistrictElk Grove, Sacramento County · about 62,000 studentsPolicy verified
- San Francisco Unified School DistrictSan Francisco, City and County of San Francisco · about 49,000 studentsPolicy verified