New York will implement a statewide ban on student smartphone use during the school day starting in fall 2025, under a new law funded in the FY 2026 state budget. The policy, called a bell-to-bell ban ...

New York will become the largest state in the U.S. to require a “bell-to-bell” cell phone ban in K-12 schools, Governor Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday. The policy, which will take effect this ...

Schools across the state will soon have to implement bell-to-bell cell phone bans for their students as part of legislation recently approved in New York State’s 2026 budget. Schools have ...

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

The state budget for next year will allocate more than $13 million for schools across New York to implement their own plans for enforcing the ban and for creating their own phone storage systems.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D ... and child welfare attorney said in a statement about the phone ban. “The ‘Bell-to-Bell’ Smartphone Ban has truly transformed our school environment by ...

Rochester, N.Y. — New York will become the largest state in the country to require a bell-to-bell cellphone ban in schools ... will have to put away their phones during the school day, including ...