Most Long Island districts will require middle and high school students to leave their cellphones in their lockers when they return to school this fall to comply with a state ban that prohibits use of the devices during the school day, a Newsday analysis found.

More than 94 districts said they will use lockers for storage and at least 19 said they will use lockable pouches as another option, including some of the Island’s largest districts such as Brentwood and Smithtown, according to a Newsday review of policies from Long Island's 124 districts.

School districts were required to adopt plans to enforce the state cellphone ban by Aug. 1. Newsday obtained the policies for more than 120 districts, including draft versions from several systems, including Elmont and Brentwood, that are to be

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