Overview
- Saxony-Anhalt is preparing a school guideline with LISA that will outline legal parameters, age- and school-type recommendations, and participation processes, with publication targeted for the first half of 2026.
- The state education ministry says schools in Saxony-Anhalt will continue to set their own device rules under house authority in coordination with school conferences, and no blanket ban has been announced.
- A statewide survey in North Rhine–Westphalia finds that about half of secondary schools now prohibit smartphone use entirely during school operations, while the rest allow clearly limited use.
- According to the NRW ministry, roughly 98% of public schools have binding phone rules and all secondary schools do, with many secondary schools using grade-based distinctions and primary schools generally barring private use.
- Police in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern report investigations into cases where minors were urged online to self-harm, and expert recommendations from the Leopoldina to restrict social media for under-13s keep pressure on policymakers.