The state’s new cell phone ban law requires schools to adopt comprehensive policies by August 1. New York school cellphone restrictions,

Massachusetts Senate Democrats were preparing to advance legislation Tuesday that requires all public schools to implement a “bell-to-bell” ban on student access to personal electronic devices

Julian Cyr’s bill that would require schools to ban the use of cellphones and other electronic devices from the first bell in the morning to the last bell letting students out in the afternoon. “The cellphone is one of the most distracting devices ever created,