The Oakland Unified School District will enforce its own "bell-to-bell" cell phone ban, which will prevent students from using their phones during or between classes and during lunch periods. Starting the coming academic year, Oakland Unified School District students will be banned from using their cell phones during school hours. The state law allows individual districts to decide whether the cell phone ban covers the entire school day, or if students are allowed to use their phones between classes. The OUSD board voted in June to enforce its own "bell-to-bell" cell phone ban, which will prevent students from using their phones during or between classes and during lunch periods. Students will either have to keep their cell phones locked away or in special Yondr pouches that stay closed with magnetic locks.