Never let it be said our leaders our learned or wise.
The Senate unanimously passed SB #2099 last month. The bill bans the use of cellphones in classrooms. The bill included medical exemptions. Earlier post with coverage of the bill.
Unfortunately, the House Education and Accountability, Efficiency, and Transparency committees killed the bill yesterday. The rest of the world is banning cellphones in the classrooms. More cities and states are doing so but not Mississippi.
State Representative Rob Roberson chairs the Education committee while Kevin Ford chairs the Accountability, Efficiency, and Transparency committee. History and text of bill.
18 states banned cellphones in schools. Only three Southeastern states do not have cellphone bans for their public schools: Mississippi, Georgia, and North Carolina.
Kingfish note: Good job, knuckleheads, good job. One hopes the bill was not lost in a tit for tat between Delbert and Jason.
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Is there a list of who's on the committee?
Doubt Jason had to do anything - Rob Roberson is a massive school choice fan, much to the dismay of many of his Starkville constituents. When that bill died, he had to get his pound of flesh.
I would love to hear their learned opinion against this bill. Idiots, the lot of them.
Yes. www.legislature.ms.gov then click on the Committees drop down at the top
I guess you can chew gum in class now and wear your shirt-tail out too?
The only thing the House Accountability, Efficiency and Transparency Committee seems to be efficient at is killing bills -- and will little to no "transparent" explanation. Check that committee's record, it is the killing ground and graveyard for bills.
It’s time for us to put people in our government here in MS that will think of this state more than themselves.
Some suits signing papers isn't going to fix the issue. Starts with parents! Have to lead by example. Put down the phone and live life!
It isn't that HB2 died in the Senate, it is all about how the bill met its demise. Democrat Delbert Hosemann is a weak leader.
Vote Rob Roberson out.
@9:41
The smartphone is a mind control mechanism, a marketing vector, a tool for surveillance.
*They* dont want us to put it down *They* want us hopelessly addicted to it.
Sent from my iPhone 13
Stay last Mississippi, stay last.
Oh no, somebody's little johnny can't scroll instagram reels and send memes to his friends all day... This bill was a no brainer but parents who have used cell phones to raise their brats don't want the brats whining to them about not having their phones anymore...
The Travel Baseball Helicopter Mom lobby is strong
Shame the school children aren't important enough to be exempted from income tax.
Agree 100%
If the software and content is given to you and your children for free then your data and brains are the product.
Sent from my potato phone that folds in the middle.
I doubt this had anything to do with the issue of cell phones in schools, or the actual substance of the bill.
Democracy in action my friends. Mississippians are too stupid and gullible to vote these folks out so we get what we deserve.
How can y'all expect the kiddies not to be addicted to smart phones when their parents are texting while driving?
Why do we need a law for this? My children's schools banned them and that's great. Do other schools not have backbones? Again, why does this need to be a law?
What does the lobbying money look like on this issue?
No that that would influence this. An insider horse trading or retribution play is probably more likely.
“It doesn’t take a Genius to be Stupid.” me
Since the parents won't do it, there outta be a law banning children possessing cell phones, period.
Remember Colt Gray testing in NC in class right before pulling out an AR15 he carried into the classroom at 14 & killing student.
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