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…