A ban on cellphones and other devices in classrooms passed by the nation’s second-largest school district began Tuesday as students in Los Angeles returned after an extended Presidents’ Day holiday weekend.

The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District in June passed a resolution by a 5-2 vote calling for a prohibition on students using cellphones and social media throughout the school day, KABC-TV in Los Angeles reported. The resolution took effect Tuesday.

According to the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics, the LAUSD’s enrollment of 435,958 in the fall of 2021 was second behind New York (859,514) among U.S. school districts.

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