A cell phone ban in New York State schools is one step closer to reality. Gov. Kathy Hochul officially proposed it in her budget address Tuesday. Read more from WBEN:

After New York Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled her $252 billion budget proposal this week, local state lawmakers appear to be on board with a new ban on cell phones in schools.

Hochul wants to allocate $13.5 million in New York’s state budget to curb the use of cellphones in public schools, the governor’s office said.