New York Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing legislation to ban cell phones in public school classrooms, saying the move is necessary to give students a “distraction-free learning environment.”

A $252 billion New York budget plan by Gov. Kathy Hochul would ban student cell phones during school and hike school aid by at least 2% per district.

The statewide “bell-to-bell” phone restriction aims to improve students’ mental health and learning environment. The post AG Campbell introduces legislation to ban cell phones during school hours appeared first on Boston.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will include funding to help school districts secure students’ cell phones as part of her $252 billion state budget proposal, which is set to be released on Tuesday. The plan would direct school districts to come up with their own policies to separate students from mobile devices “from bell to bell,

Cell phones and other personal electronic devices could be banned in Massachusetts public schools under a bill recently proposed by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell. The Study Act would prohibit students from having their personal electronic devices during the day as a “bell-to-bell” restriction,

A new advocacy group armed with a hefty funding pot has launched a push to ban smart-phone use in New York’s schools. The group — Phone Free New York — has already raised six figures for its campaign to persuade Gov.