TORONTO — Ontario will limit cellphone use in classrooms, restrict access to all social media networks and ban vaping on school properties starting this fall, the province's education minister announced Sunday.
The government has put together a "comprehensive plan" to curb distraction levels among the province's students, Lecce said, including restricting cellphone use and banning vaping in schools. "There are progressive discipline policies listed in this. It can include up to suspension if there is repeat violations."
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation remains skeptical about whether a blanket ban will improve matters, the group's president said Sunday.Teachers are hesitant to take away students' phones because they would be responsible if the devices are lost, damaged or stolen, she said.
But the union says it will reserve judgement on the new policies until it has seen the full range of changes in detail. The Toronto District School Board, the Peel District School Board, the Toronto Catholic District School Board and the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board filed four separate but similar cases in Ontario's Superior Court of Justice in late March.
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