Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Aug. 14 the launch of a website — ny.gov/phonefree — that enables New York parents and students to look up their school’s plan for implementing bell-to-bell smartphone restrictions this fall.

The website allows New Yorkers to search by district or school name among more than 1,050 public school districts, charter schools and BOCES that have already published their policy for the coming school year — representing about 96% of the about1,090 total districts and schools covered by the statewide requirement.

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