The statewide “bell-to-bell” phone restriction aims to improve students’ mental health and learning environment.

Cell phones and other personal electronic devices could be banned in Massachusetts public schools under a bill recently proposed by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell. The Study Act would prohibit students from having their personal electronic devices during the day as a “bell-to-bell” restriction,

A new advocacy group armed with a hefty funding pot has launched a push to ban smart-phone use in New York’s schools. The group — Phone Free New York — has already raised six figures for its campaign to persuade Gov.