FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 31, 2025
Contact:
Ashwin Verghese, Communications Director, [email protected], 717-676-8584
MEDIA ADVISORY
Statement on Massachusetts Senate Approving Phone-Free Schools Bill
The following statement can be attributed to David Monahan, campaign director at the Boston-based child advocacy group Fairplay:
“Families across Massachusetts can now see a brighter future for their kids, thanks to today’s state Senate vote approving a strong, ‘bell-to-bell’ phone-free schools bill. With this vote, Massachusetts is now one big step closer to joining the growing number of states that have taken action to enhance students’ education and protect their well-being by getting phones out of schools from the first bell in the morning to the last bell in the afternoon.
“As a Boston-based nonprofit, Fairplay thanks the Senate for voting overwhelmingly in favor of this vital legislation, and we look forward to the bill soon passing the House and being signed into law by Governor Healey.”
Fairplay has partnered with the Phone-Free Schools Movement on a campaign to get phones out of schools. Download our free toolkits for school administrators and community members who are looking to make their schools phone-free.
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About Fairplay
Fairplay is the leading nonprofit committed to helping children thrive in an increasingly commercialized, screen-obsessed culture, and the only organization dedicated to ending marketing to children. Fairplay works to enhance children’s well-being by eliminating the exploitative and harmful business practices of marketers and Big Tech. Learn more at https://fairplayforkids.org.