Georgia families urge Gov. Brian Kemp to veto school cellphone ban, citing safety concerns

Some lawmakers who voted in favor of banning cellphones in Georgia public schools for students in grades K-8 said they felt like the legislation would make schools safer.

“This is indeed … the first and only school safety bill, true school safety bill, that we’ve heard this year,” said Sen. Jason Esteves, D-Atlanta, before voting in favor of the ban last week.

But the families of students who were at Apalachee High School on Sept. 4, when a 14-year-old is accused of shooting and killing four people, don’t see it that way. They’ve asked Gov. Brian Kemp to veto the bill…

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