Summer vacation is just around the corner for local students, but heading back to school may look different when a statewide ...

It’s coming, whether people like it or not. That’s how Tupper Lake Central School District Superintendent Jaycee Welsh framed ...

Some school leaders worry about the short timeframe to implement the ban, and how districts will address exemptions for ...

The Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District is gearing up to implement Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “bell to bell” cell phone ban. At the Monday, June 2, Board ...

Rochester, N.Y. — New York will become the largest state in the country to require a bell-to-bell cellphone ban in schools, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday. The restriction will be part of ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul continues to drum up support for her bell-to-bell cellphone ban in schools. Her “More Learning, Less Scrolling” campaign takes effect this fall. It affects everyone in ...

Hochul recently announced that state lawmakers reached an agreement on the 2026 state budget to allow the cellphone ban to move forward, but the full budget has not yet been adopted. On Tuesday ...

TO BE CONTINUED: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s big-spending, $254 billion budget is extending her considerable power over New York’s ...