The state’s new budget will now include a bell-to-bell cellphone ban for students in all public schools.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said it will help improve teenage health, and quality of life at places of learning.

However, Hochul did not detail plans for the ban during her budget announcement.

“You don’t really want to put your phone away. It can be addicting,” Eliaz Martinez, a senior at Forest Hills High School, said. “But then when you put it away and you’re actually focused, you get to really experience the full class.”

Martinez said some of his teachers restrict student cellphone use by collecting phones in bags called Yondr pouches, which are equipped with locks. But if Hochul’s cellphone ban is passed as part of the state budget, every public school in the state will have to implement a ban on usage during school hours.

“We protected our kids before from cigarettes, alcohol and drunk driving,” Hochul said. “And now we’re protecting them from addictive technology designed to hijack their attention.”

“I think it’s a fabulous idea because the children and students, all they’re doing, they want to be on their phones,” Deborah Summerville, a sixth and eighth grade teacher at IS 007 Elias Bernstein on Staten Island, said.

The bell-to-bell ban would prohibit student cellphone use from the start of the school day until the end.

“No, I don’t think so,” Caitlyn Chin, a senior at Forest Hills High School, said when asked if she could last the entire school day without her cellphone. “Because I like my phone a lot.”

Each district will have to come up with their own rules. That may mean requiring students to keep their phones in their lockers or purchasing Yondr pouches for students, which can cost $25 to $30 a student.

The state is expected to kick in some funding. It’s unclear if it’ll be enough.

There will be exemptions for medical reasons, students who act as caregivers or have learning disabilities. Those were some concerns for students NY1 spoke to.

“We need our phones because some people… they don’t know English, so they could use it for Google Translate, Genesis Alulema, a senior at Forest Hills High School, said.

The ban would take effect in September for the next school year. Current high school seniors would be off the hook.

Efforts to pass the ban last year hit a snag when parents complained they wanted to be able to reach their kids during emergencies.

Lawmakers are expected to vote on the budget this week. If the ban passes, New York would join eight other states that have enacted similar measures.