Gov. Hochul, Sec. Clinton lead push for screen-free New York schools

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A group of teens sit at a long conference table and look toward a woman (Larissa May) speaking at the head.

The 2025-26 school year is going to look different for the 2 million students and 200,000 teachers that make up New York's K-12 classrooms. None of them, by law, will have their phones on them.

In May, Governor Kathy Hochul passed the Distraction Free Schools Initiative as part of the state's 2026 budget, a law mandating an end to "unsanctioned use of smartphones and other internet-enabled personal devices" in schools. It asks districts to formulate personalized plans for keeping students off devices from the moment they enter campuses to the last school bell, an incre...

Source: https://mashable.com/article/new-york-school-phone-ban-teen-hochul-clinton-teen-council

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