(Bloomberg) -- New York State legislative leaders have agreed to ban smartphone use in ... 1 to develop and implement local plans to restrict the use of smartphones, tablets and other internet ...

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 ...

Kathy Hochul argued that the “bell-to-bell” ban — which ... districts including New York City, school leaders will be required to create plans to store students’ smartphones “from ...

A bell-to-bell smartphone ban ... schools, charter schools and BOCES. "New York was the first state to target addictive social media feeds — and now we're the largest state to restrict ...

NEW YORK – New York state legislative leaders have agreed to ban smartphone use in ... Aug 1 to develop and implement local plans to restrict the use of smartphones, tablets and other internet ...

ALBANY — Starting in September, students will be banned from using smartphones in school as part of the New York State ... would allow schools to develop their own plans for storing the phones ...

NEW YORK — New York is on the verge of becoming the next state to ban cellphone use during school hours — a victory for its Democratic governor who has been pushing to drastically limit the ...

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.

Starting this fall, New York will require all public schools—from kindergarten ... under the desk are (mostly) over. The ban applies to smartphones and smartwatches but exempts basic flip ...

New York will ban the use of smartphones and other internet-enabled ... The "bell-to-bell" ban will include $13.5M in state funding to help schools lock away students' devices during class ...