As a highly divisive and partisan presidential election surrounds him, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) continues to govern Virginia effectively and with common sense. Most recently, he issued detailed guidance implementing the sorely needed school cellphone ban he announced this July.

“Parents, public health professionals, educators, and other stakeholders across the Commonwealth are expressing concerns over the alarming mental health crisis and chronic health conditions affecting adolescents, such as depression and anxiety, driven in part by extensive social media usage and widespread cell phone possession among children,” Youngkin’s guidance reads. “Cell-phone free education will significantly reduce the amount of time students can be on phones without parental supervision.”