MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - As students from across the state head back to school, we sat down one-on-one with Wisconsin’s top education official, State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly, to discuss her priorities for the school year ahead.

Below is an edited transcript of excerpts from her conversation with Wisconsin State Capitol Bureau Chief Vanessa Kjeldsen.

Vanessa Kjeldsen : There’s been a lot of talk about cell phones. Should cell phones be banned from classrooms?

Dr. Jill Underly : From a professional perspective, I see the pros to that as well as you know, potentially drawbacks... We don’t want to limit the technology I think that’s emerging, but in the cases where if it’s causing a distraction, yeah, I would support not having them in classrooms.

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