Writing as New York’s “first Mom Governor,” Hochul described the harmful impact of constant smartphone use on young people — ...

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 ...

(Bloomberg) -- New York State legislative leaders have agreed to ban smartphone ... has proposed that school districts would have until Aug. 1 to develop and implement local plans to restrict ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Starting this fall, New York will require all public schools—from kindergarten through 12th grade—to ban smartphone ... device storage plans, whether that means collecting phones in the ...

School districts in New York are working to implement the state’s cellphone ban policy by August 1st.

NEW YORK – New York state legislative leaders have agreed to ban smartphone ... has proposed that school districts would have until Aug 1 to develop and implement local plans to restrict the ...

With Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement last month of a $13.5 million investment in creating smartphone-free public K-12 ...

Spokeo chats about how teens use tech, what school bans miss, and why understanding device habits matters more than just ...