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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Uwa Ede-Osifo

Los Angeles school board votes to set limits on classroom screen time

Glass and stone high-rise with rounded corners, seen from street level, on cloudless day.
The Los Angeles unified school district headquarters building in Los Angeles in 2021. Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP

The Los Angeles unified school district’s board passed a resolution on Tuesday to curb students’ classroom screen time for the upcoming school year, in the latest effort nationwide to address adverse effects from excessive device use.

The measure, which passed 6-0 at a Tuesday school board meeting, will set daily and weekly screen time limits for students based on grade level, prohibit elementary and middle school students from using devices during passing periods, lunch and recess, and block use of YouTube on district devices, among other provisions.

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