New York Governor Plans to Propose New Policy on Student Mobile Phone Usage

TapTechNews May 31, The question of whether students can bring mobile phones to school? Governor of New York State, Kathy Hochul, plans to introduce a new proposal this year and will discuss it in the New York Legislative Session in January 2025.

In the United States, many parents oppose the ban on children carrying smart phones at school. One of the main reasons is that they need to be able to contact their children at any time, whether it's an emergency or a daily scheduling issue.

Hochul's proposal is to allow children to carry feature phones that cannot access the Internet but can send and receive text messages and make phone calls, but hopes to ban students from bringing smart phones to school.

She said: Parents are very anxious about school mass shooting incidents. Parents hope to have some form of contact in case of emergency.

In addition to the United States, New Zealand and Russia have both enacted relevant laws in primary and secondary schools, stipulating that communication tools including smart phones be banned in primary and secondary schools.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said that promoting the ban on mobile phones in primary and secondary schools across the country would eliminate the phenomenon of mobile phones disrupting classroom order and allow students to focus on classes.

TapTechNews reported in December 2023 that the State Duma of Russia passed an amendment to the Education Law stipulating that communication tools including smart phones be banned in primary and secondary schools. The law will officially take effect on September 1, 2024. According to the regulations, mobile phones in Russian primary and secondary schools can only be used for teaching purposes and in emergency situations.