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- French students returning from the summer break will no longer be able to use their phones during the school day.
- Earlier this summer France banned all students under 15 from using all cellphones, tablets, and smartwatches at any point during the day.
- That includes mealtimes.
- The government is concerned that students are becoming too dependent on and distracted by their phones.
Monday is the first day that French schoolchildren under 15 cannot use their cellphones at any point during the school day, thanks to a new nationwide law.
The ban, passed in July following a campaign pledge made by French President Emmanuel Macron, will affect elementary and junior high schools across the country as they return from the summer break.
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