School districts in New York State have two weeks to finalize their new phone policies as a new law prohibits students from ...

The new website includes a policy FAQ, toolkit and examples that school districts can use to design their own policies to restrict personal devices from being used on school grounds during the school ...

*New York Governor Kathy Hochul is advocating for a statewide ban on smartphones in schools. The proposal would permit students to carry basic or “dumb” phones (without Internet access), The ...

A bell-to-bell smartphone ban in schools statewide is part of the New York state budget deal, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday. That makes New York the largest state in the country with a ...

In a move that is sure to spark debate, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has unveiled a sweeping plan to ban smartphones in all K-12 schools across the state. The ambitious proposal, which carries a ...

New York. New York City plans cellphone ban in schools The move in the nation’s largest school district comes amid growing warnings about the danger social media poses to children.

New York plans to ban smartphones in schools, allowing basic phones only Kids, and some parents, are unlikely to be pleased By Rob Thubron May 30, 2024, 9:13 38 comments.

It looks like New York will become the next state to ban cellphone use during the ... use of 203 11-to-17-year-olds for a week — 97% of them used their phones during the school day, ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday as part of her budget address that she plans to introduce legislation to apply a bell-to-bell restriction on smartphone use in schools statewide. Many ...

Right now, Bethlehem Central is one of only a small number of New York state’s 4,411 schools to have implemented an outright ban on phones. But it may not be an outlier for much longer.

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — School classrooms in New York state could look different soon. Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing for a ban on smartphones in schools across the state. The move would only ...

The Democratic governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, has announced plans to introduce legislation that would ban the use of smartphones in schools. The proposed bill is the latest initiative in a series ...