Florida teacher who jammed students' cellphones in classroom suspended 5 days without pay
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Florida science teacher has been suspended for running a signal jammer to prevent his students from using their cellphones in class.
School board members in Pasco County approved Dean Liptak's five-day, unpaid suspension on Tuesday. Liptak didn't contest the decision.
Officials say Liptak activated the jammer in his Fivay High School classroom from March 31 through April 2. He later told a school district investigator that he never intended to cause problems. He said he thought the jammers were allowed as long as they were not intended for malicious purposes.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Superintendent Kurt Browning wrote in a reprimand letter that Liptak had potentially violated federal law and that the signal jamming could have potentially interfered with others trying to call 911 during an emergency.