Cell phones must be turned off and stored away and can't be used during breaks, according to LAUSD's cell phone ban, which goes into effect Feb. 18.

LAUSD says its student cellphone ban will start Feb. 18. Schools will decide how to restrict phones, from telling students to put them in backpacks to using magnetically sealed pouches.

The district’s presentation to the Board of Education showed the LAUSD’s policy will align with the Phone-Free School Act, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law to require every school district to come up with a policy to limit or prohibit the use of smartphones.