David Cantor, a spokesman for Chancellor Joel I. Klein, said yesterday that the school system stood by the cellphone ban.

A proposal to end the cellphone ban portended an added woe for passengers - being subjected to a neighbor's high-decibel business deal or personal travails.

Joel Klein, the New York City schools chancellor, defends the cellphone ban saying that cellphones lead to cheating on tests and cause other problems.

But, he said, "I don't anticipate that the cellphone ban will be in place for a much greater period of time."

Four years after New York passed the nation's first cellphone ban, 22 states and Washington have limited cellphone use while driving.

Contrary to certain claims, the cellphone ban will not create a better learning environment in schools.

It has a pending lawsuit against the Department of Education, seeking to have the cellphone ban overturned.

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The cellphone ban is being challenged as being arbitrary and capricious, an abuse of authority and unconstitutional.

Should the city lift the cellphone ban in schools?