While many Central New York schools have taken steps to unplug — few have fully disconnected cell phones — until now. Christian Brothers Academy now requires its students to drop their phones into cell phone lockers at the start of the day and that is where the phones stay until the final bell.

The Community School Board has approved a new cellphone policy for all of the district's secondary schools, with a start date in January

Public-school students across South Carolina face stricter cellphone policies when they return to classes after winter break. Enforcement remains uncertain.