This is the history for the submission "Motion by Councillor Lilith Johnstone:- "Council notes growing evidence and concerns around mobile phones contributing to classroom disengagement, mental health concerns, and safeguarding risks, including the filming or intimidation of staff and pupils. Council believes it is appropriate to explore a potential citywide framework on mobile phone use in Glasgow schools, co-designed with teachers, pupils, families, and wider stakeholders. Council commends the work of Portobello High School and Queensferry High School in Edinburgh in implementing mobile phone restrictions and notes that 86% of pupils and parents surveyed at Queensferry supported action. Council further notes evidence presented to the Scottish Parliament's Education, Children and Young People Committee that restrictions on mobile phone use can support improved behaviour, increased focus, and higher educational attainment. However, Council also acknowledges that further evidence is emerging and there is a need to consider a range of views and academic research. Council therefore instructs the Director of Education to present to the Education, Skills and Early Years City Policy Committee, within six calendar months of this motion passing, a paper outlining: - Current practice and policies on mobile phone use across Glasgow schools; - A range of options to support schools in managing mobile phone use; - An overview of relevant national and international evidence. Following the presentation of that report, and within a further four months, Council instructs the Director to conduct a citywide consultation, which must include: - A survey of parents, carers and guardians; - Pupil voice groups across primary and secondary sectors; - Classroom teachers, support staff and school leaders across all grades; - School stakeholders including unions, community groups, and digital education experts. The consultation will: - Gather views on current mobile phone use and behaviour across school settings; - Assess the level of support for a range of potential options, including restrictions; - Invite feedback on the benefits and challenges of any future policy; - Offer an opportunity for pupils and staff to share their experiences and ideas. Council further instructs that: - The consultation should also explore views on appropriate and proportionate responses to non-compliance, if restrictions were implemented; - Any potential future implementation must consider issues of digital equity and ensure that access to school-provided digital devices for learning is considered where relevant; - The digital infrastructure and resourcing implications of any new policy must be fully assessed. Council requests that a final report be brought to the Education, Skills and Early Years City Policy Committee within three months of the conclusion of the consultation, presenting the findings and recommending next steps, informed by stakeholder feedback and the wider evidence base."".

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