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NY A06547
Bill
Status
3/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Michael Benedetto
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AI Summary
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Requires all school districts, BOCES, charter schools, and nonpublic schools in New York to establish committees to develop student cellphone use policies during school hours
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Committees must include superintendents, principals, teachers, students, parents, and teachers' union representatives
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Policies must be individually tailored to each school environment and may include in-class storage strategies, designated cellphone use areas, consequences for violations, and uniform enforcement
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Policies and procedures must be established and implemented before the 2025-2026 academic year
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Committees must consider input from all stakeholders including students, parents, teachers, and administrators when developing policies
Legislative Description
Requires school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, charter schools and nonpublic schools to establish cellphone policies and procedures; requires the establishment of a committee to develop such policies and procedures; requires such policies and procedures to be individually tailored to specific school environments.
Last Action
referred to education
1/7/2026