New York on Wednesday launched a website that provides resources for school districts as they prepare to implement the new bell-to-bell cellphone restrictions which start at the beginning of the new academic year in September, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

The website includes a policy FAQ, toolkit and examples that school districts can use to design their individual policy, which must be published by Aug. 1.

The new ban, passed by state lawmakers and signed into law this spring as part of the state budget, applies to all public schools, charter schools and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES).

The policy:

• prohibits unsanctioned use of smartphones and other internet-enabled personal devices on school grounds in K-12 schools for the entire school day, including classroom time and other settings like lunch and study hall periods
• allows schools to develop their own plans for storing smartphones during the day — giving administrators and teachers flexability
• secures $13.5 million in funding to be made available for schools that need assistance in purchasing storage solutions to help them go distraction-free
• requires schools to give parents a way to contact their kids during the day when necessary
• requires teachers, parents and students to be consulted in developing the local policy

“School districts across New York are already showing us that bell-to-bell smartphone restrictions help deliver the best possible learning environments for our kids,” Hochul said in a statement.