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What you need to know about the statewide school smartphone ban 

Starting this fall, a bell-to-bell smartphone ban will be implemented under the state budget, requiring school districts to ban students from using phones during the entire school day. NewsdayTV’s Virginia Huie reports.  Credit: Randee Daddona; Debbie Egan-Chin

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