New Cell Phones Rules Greet LAUSD Students on First Day of School

A volunteer (L) talks to a parent on the first day of the school year at Grant Elementary School in Los Angeles, in this file photo. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—Students in the Los Angeles Unified School District are returning to classes Monday with some new rules in place—including a plan to ban cell phones in classrooms.

The much-debated policy is scheduled to take effect in January and affect the more than 400,000 students who returned to campuses Monday across Los Angeles County.