Gov. Kathy Hochul Holds Roundtable With Parents & Educators About Smartphone Usage In schools

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On Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) spoke briefly at a roundtable discussion about smartphone usage in schools.

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00:00of 13 to 15, 17-year-olds, 95% have access to cell phones.

00:05So that is what I'm seeing as a driver of a lot

00:09of these challenges our young people are facing mentally,

00:11but also how hard it is for education to actually occur

00:16in our classrooms these days.

00:17So I've talked to a lot of people.

00:19This is now my third roundtable.

00:21We were up in Albany.

00:21We were in Long Island.

00:22I wanted to hear from our friends in the southern tier

00:25on what your experiences may have

00:27been with restrictions or banning cell phones.

00:30And even one school district in Schoharie

00:33talked about how they had banned all distractions, including

00:37the earbuds, the smartphones, and the cell phones,

00:41split phones and smartphones.

00:43So there's different degrees of policies around our state.

00:48And I want to hear what you're doing,

00:50what you're contemplating, what your concerns are,

00:53and help build toward a consensus

00:55where I want to lead the state when it comes time

00:57to work with our legislators in addressing this

01:00in the next session.

01:01This is something that requires legislative action

01:04if there is to be a full ban or contemplating those issues.

01:09And also, enforcement is really important as well.

01:12Having something in place that is not enforceable

01:15is more token than actually impactful.

01:18And that's not what I want to do.

01:20So I'd like to turn it over to Dr. Jason

01:23Andrews, our superintendent to the Windsor School District.

01:26Thanks for hosting everybody.

01:28And I'm very disappointed I'm not sitting there with you.

01:30But hopefully, this is the next best thing.

01:32So Dr. Andrews.

Gov. Kathy Hochul Holds Roundtable With Parents & Educators About Smartphone Usage In schools

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