It's probably worth reading the actual text of the law: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3216 https://leginfo.le

It's probably worth reading the actual text of the law: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3216 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm... It says each school district is required to come up with a policy to prohibit or limit smartphone use. The policy has to allow teachers to grant permission for phones, and it says: > The goal of the policy shall be to promote evidence-based use of smartphone practices to support pupil learning and well-being. That sounds like the middle ground you're talking about. Kids will have plenty of time to pick up tech skills at home, and they can still be taught tech literacy in class. But that doesn't mean they have to be allowed arbitrary use of phones to disrupt their own learning or their peers', just like they don't have to be allowed to skip as many classes as they want.