The legislation Hochul is proposing is both direct and vague: It requires school districts to implement a school-wide, full-day ban on cell phones but gives them control over how to do it.

The NYC chancellor supports students using magnetic locking pouches to keep their phones with them, which, if needed, could be opened with a magnet located in the school.

A $252 billion New York budget plan by Gov. Kathy Hochul would ban student cell phones during school and hike school aid by at least 2% per district.