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Ned Lamont: “We're the first state or one of the first states that to get…”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

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Eyewitness News Extra: Speaking with Governor Ned Lamont

Published | Video Starts at 13:23

I mean it got strong bipartisan support in the state House of Representatives and died on the clock up in the state senate. It's really important. You want to. I'm doing everything I can to protect our kids. We're the first state or one of the first states that to get the smartphones, the cell phones out of the classroom. We wanted to get them out of the schools bell to bell. Superintendents asked us to do that, parents asked us to do that. We'll get it done next year. (13:23–13:30)

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Asserts that [Connecticut] is one of the first states to remove smartphones from classrooms.

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