Meanwhile, School cellphone bans are expanding into broader efforts to limit screen use and AI in education locally and nationwide.
The big picture: At least 16 states — both red and blue — have introduced bills to limit classroom technology.
Case in point: Schools Beyond Screens formed with fewer than a dozen parents in Los Angeles Unified School District last year, but the nonprofit has grown to include thousands of parents and educators nationwide, SBS policy director Kate Brody tells Axios.
SBS worked with the school board in the nation's second-largest district to pass a resolution limiting classroom screen time and eliminating school-issued devices for students in first grade and younger.
Zoom in: Some San Diego parents are trying to bring that movement to local schools.
The local SBS chapter proposed a resolution for San Diego Unified to set daily and weekly screen time limits, block YouTube on school-issued devices and require instructional apps to be ad-free, KPBS reported. They also want parents to be able to opt their students out of using devices at school.
Zoom out: The American Federation of Teachers recently released a plan to limit AI use and ban screens for students in pre-K to second grade "unless there is a compelling reason," such as supporting students with special needs.
