Official communications will have to be provided in Albanian, Uzbek and Ukrainian, bringing the number of non-English languages required for translation to a dozen.
The ban exempts students who need smartphones for health care purposes, translation apps or a disability, as well as those who have responsibilities as caregivers.
A majority of districts chose HMH Into Reading, but teachers and parents have complained the material is dull and relies too heavily on excerpts rather than whole books.
Mohsen Mahdawi, a vocal pro-Palestinian activist who participated in protests at the Manhattan campus last year, was detained by immigration officers in Vermont, according to his attorneys.