New York's budget discussions highlight a student cellphone ban and tax relief, with concerns over federal aid cuts impacting ...

Issues still being negotiated include restrictions on mask wearing, issues regarding mental health, changes to discovery laws ...

The Senate had previously shown some slight disagreement with the Governor’s plan over whether schools should have some ...

Hochul’s proposal — which she argues would help stop criminal cases from being dismissed over “technicalities” — faces an ...

Governor Hochul and teachers unions favor all-day restrictions on smartphones, while administrators want more flexibility.

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said on Wednesday, a majority of her members are comfortable with a bell-to-bell approach to restrict cell phone use during school hours.

State leaders no longer expect to get the $91 billion in federal aid they originally anticipated, but exactly how much they ...

With New York’s April 1 budget deadline looming, state leaders appear to be coalescing around Gov. Kathy Hochul’s push for a ...

The proposal, which separates students from their phones upon arrival until dismissal, had initially been met with some ...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand raised alarms in Albany about possible federal cuts that would be "disastrous" for the New York ...

A federal order to slash pandemic funding six months early apparently took New York health officials by surprise; they said ...

Under the proposal, schools will be required to develop plans for storing smartphones during the day, but administrators and teachers will have the flexibility to do what works best for their ...