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Ron DeSantis: “We did the no cell phones [policy] in the classroom.”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 44:02

And you have a right to make sure your classroom is orderly and students should be held accountable if they're not going to be attentive. And We did the no cell phones [policy] in the classroom. And I think that's really good. And the net result of all that is flow. Florida, we have less than one teacher vacancy per school. So that's definitely below the national average. (44:02)

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Asserts that Florida implemented a policy banning cell phones in classrooms.

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