PARIS — The French government said Monday it would press ahead with a ban on mobile phones in high schools from the start of the new school year. In July, France's parliament approved legislation banning both social media access for children under 15 and mobile phone use in high schools. But earlier this month, the country's top court struck down the social media provision, dealing a blow to President Emmanuel Macron, who had championed the measure. However, the Constitutional Council did not rule on the separate provision banning mobile phone use in high schools. On Monday, government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said Macron "has decided to promulgate the law" containing the ban on phones, despite the Constitutional Council striking down its flagship provision, a ban on social media for under-15s. "As a result, the ban on mobile phones in high schools can take effect from the start of the new school year, with a stable, consolidated and statutory legal framework," she told reporters after a cabinet meeting. France has already banned children from using mobile phones in colleges, the school