SAN JOSE, Calif. -- California classrooms will look and feel different in 2026 -- with new limits on cellphones, expanded protections for immigrant families, gender-neutral bathrooms and healthier school meals rolling out statewide as a slate of new education laws takes effect for the state's 5.

BAYTOWN, Texas (KTRK) -- While Baytown Sterling High School classrooms are empty for the holiday break, Love United Methodist Church in Baytown was packed with students on a Friday night.