Many schools in NSW and QLD have implemented small mobile phone lockers including the SchoolTech Phone Locker by TechXpress.

College students are the ones who are most distracted by phones at school. Please ban for all students not just K to 10.

College students are more like young adults with greater responsibility than K-10. Having access during non-class times would reflect this.

Why has this gone to consultation? It is the role of a government to carefully weigh up the evidence and put in place well informed policy.

Should be a K-10 ban as college student ps have more free time and have more independent lives where they should be able to self-regulate.

K-10 is best as college kids have more independent lives + free time during school and may need phones to manage this and break up workload

Should be K-10: College kids are facing the reality of having access to phones during uni/work and should be old enough to make good choices

Mobile phone use in children reduces social engagement, which is fundamental to child development. ban mobile phone use at school.

Phones away all day policy please. Kids need to socialise face to face. No phone at lunch or recess - schools should be phone free for kids

As a parent, I would really like to see ACT schools ban the use of personal mobile devices during school hours.

Please ban the use of phones during school time. They have a detrimental effect on young people's ability to learn and develop social skills

Skimming these posts I get the feeling our leaders are just waiting to be led. Chicken little to just go do what needs to be done.

It IS the role of the ACT Government (or random teachers) to decide what kind of phone use is acceptable for children.

Ban. Not permitted on grounds. Little darlings can arrange plans with mummy after school or through front desk landline or email.

Really, we have to discuss this? NSW just get to it and the ban starts this coming Monday T4 2023. ACT gov, you really are tiresome.

A bell to bell ban is the only path to ensuring adolescents have a chance to connect socially and get enough physical activity during breaks

Ban during class. Allow during lunch & breaks otherwise kids will get around it but also can’t contact parents etc.

It is not the role of the ACT Government (or random teachers) to decide what kind of phone use is acceptable for children.

Kids should only have phones with very limited functionality anyway - voice & text only, no camera, no internet. Restrict smartphones to 18+

We have a phone in bags policies at the school I teach at... I could be a millionaire with how many times I say 'phone in your bag please'

Part 2- there do need to be some exceptions based on actual need not wants of student or parent. Perhaps based on the IEP?

One of my children has a vision impairment and does need their phone for accessibility. My other child does not need their phone.

Let's not ask staff to collect and return phones. Spend our education $s on education. Students/parents responsible for no phones, surely.

Disappointed at the number of comments from people who obviously didn't read the discussion paper, or ignored it due to their personal bias.

Policy should differentiate between smartphones/phablets, which are essentially mini computers, and devices that only allow basic comms.

The chromebooks are a nightmare too. Parents have no control over them. Teachers rely too heavily on them. Kids are distracted & disengaged.

No phones in school. They're distracting, anti social behaviour like organising fights.

I think banning them for K-10 is the best option. College students are young adults and should be treated as such.

Mobile phones are not necessary in schools. They are a distraction from learning, anti-social and can be used out of school hours/ privately

Ban phones in schools for all years but enable kids that need them such as those with diabetes, hearing loss or neurodiverse to access them

Ban from bell to bell and stop the distractions in class.

I'm with CHEN on sep 20th. A lot of parents complete soft head ignorance. Not aware what device use is having on their kids development

Is this a typical act.giv.au "consultation"

Will there be a different set of rules to manage smart watches that have the capacity to make calls? Total ban on calls during school hrs.

Phones should be allowed to provide safety for children that commute home via public transport - total ban on use during school hrs though.

Every day I have to argue with students and then their parents about phone use in class. Then I get told it's my problem to deal with. BAN!