Starting this fall, New York will require all public schools—from kindergarten through 12th grade—to ban smartphone use ...

A bell-to-bell school smartphone ban in schools statewide is part of the New York state budget deal, Gov. Kathy Hochul ...

New York's school cell phone ban requires students to put away their devices for the entire school day, including during ...

New York will ban smartphones in K-12 schools from bell to bell starting Fall 2025. Learn how the policy works and what it ...

(TNS) — New York state Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced a $254 million state budget has been reached, including a statewide plan to ban cell phones in schools. Earlier this year, the governor ...

The ban exempts students who need smartphones for health care purposes, translation apps or a disability, as well as those ...

Bills have sprinted through legislatures this year in states as varied as New York and Oklahoma, reflecting a broad consensus that phones are bad for kids.

By Troy Closson New York will require schools statewide to ban smartphone use during ... school leaders will be required to create plans to store students’ smartphones “from bell to bell ...

Starting at the beginning of the 2025–26 school year, New York public and charter schools will be implementing plans for ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul ... the full ‘bell-to-bell’ to ban distraction in schools,” and indicated the measure could prohibit both smartphones and earbuds. In the past, she has not ...

New York will ban the use of smartphones and other internet-enabled devices (like smartwatches) during school hours ... vote on it in the coming days. The plan includes tax cuts for middle ...