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Kathy Hochul: “We're the largest state in America that went literally bell…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Bell-to-Bell smartphone bans in New York State public schools

Published | Video Starts at 01:04

We did a lot of training with our school districts, talked to teachers, talked to students. So it's literally starting in September. This was a whole new game in classrooms. We're the largest state in America that went literally bell to bell. I mean, some say you can use it during recess or during lunch. That defeats the purpose because I have kids talking to each other during lunch now and making eye contact and playing games. (01:04–01:09)

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Asserts that [New York] is the largest state to implement a full-day cell phone ban in schools.

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