California Gov. Gavin Newsom hopes to push through legislation before to the start of the upcoming school year that will greatly restrict the use of cellphones in classrooms, Politico reported Tuesday.

Drafting off a similiar push by the Los Angeles County Unified School District (LAUSD) and a recent surgeon general’s report, Newson is hoping to lead the most populous state in the union to implement restrictions by August.

“As the surgeon general affirmed, social media is harming the mental health of our youth,” Newsom, a Democrat, told Politico on Tuesday. “Building on legislation I signed in 2019, I look forward to working with the legislature to restrict the use of smartphones during the school day. When children and teens are in school, they should be focused on their studies — not their screens.”

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