Bavaria's CSU Youth Push for Stricter School Smartphone Ban

The proposal seeks to reverse relaxed policies, advocating phone collection during school hours and broader restrictions for younger students.

CSU youth organizations in Bavaria are calling for a stricter ban on mobile phone use in schools, reversing the relaxed policies implemented three years ago.
The proposed measures include prohibiting private phone use during school hours for students from elementary to middle school.
Under the plan, students' phones would be collected before class and returned after the school day ends.
The Bavarian state parliament's 2022 policy left decisions on phone use to individual schools for older students, but the new push seeks uniform restrictions.
The debate reflects broader discussions across Germany, with Hesse and Saarland already planning broader bans for the 2025/2026 school year.