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Tennessee leaders point to classroom phone ban and new rural health dollars during HHS visit
Summary
Tennessee legislative leaders used the HHS visit to highlight a new law banning phones during instruction, a SNAP waiver, and what they described as more than $200 million per year for rural health under a federal transformation act.
Several Tennessee officials used the event hosting HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to emphasize recent state actions and state‑federal cooperation on health and nutrition.
House Majority Leader William Lambert noted that "beginning this school year, Tennessee classrooms are phone free zones during instruction times," citing a bill sponsored by Representative Rebecca Alexander that he said he cosponsored. Lambert framed the law as a child‑protection measure and…
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