The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District started the new school year with new rules prohibiting cell phones during school hours in accordance with state law.
The Phone-Free School Act requires every school district, charter school and county office of education in California to develop a policy limiting smartphone use by next summer. At Los Gatos and Saratoga high schools, students are expected to put their phones in designated storage compartments at the start of class unless otherwise directed by a teacher. Cell phone use and nonconsensual recording and photographing of other people are also prohibited in restrooms, locker rooms or other areas where privacy is expected. Students are allowed to use their cell phones before and after school and during lunch and passing periods.