Corporal Punishment In Schools
Should Your Child Be Spanked at School? In 19 States, It’s Legal
Corporal punishment is still active in schools nationwide in the United States. Two-thirds of Tennessee school children attend “Paddling Schools” TODAY! Corporal Punishment is Prohibited in Nashville and Memphis schools. Florida, Alabama and Tennessee among states where Schools Can Paddle Students Against Parents’ Wishes. It is one of the most controversial methods of child discipline, but spanking in school — usually with a wooden or fiberglass paddle — is still allowed by law in 19 states. The practice is most prevalent in the Midwest and South. According to a report from the Juvenile Information Exchange, more than 28,500 students in Georgia were spanked in 2008, mostly in rural counties. The number is much smaller in Florida — around 3,600 last year — but that’s where the issue is getting new attention.
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Where the states stand on corporal punishment:
| Alabama–Legal Alaska–Illegal Arizona–Legal Arkansas–Legal California–Illegal Colorado–Legal Connecticut–Illegal Delaware–Illegal District of Columbia–Illegal Florida–Legal Georgia–Legal Hawaii–Illegal Idaho–Legal Illinois–Illegal Indiana–Legal Iowa–Illegal Kansas–Legal Kentucky–Legal Louisiana–Legal Maine–Illegal Maryland–Illegal Massachusetts–Illegal Michigan–Illegal Minnesota–Illegal Mississippi–Legal Missouri–Legal |
Montana–Illegal Nebraska–Illegal Nevada–Illegal New Hampshire–Illegal New Jersey–Illegal New Mexico–Legal New York–Illegal North Carolina–Legal North Dakota–Illegal Ohio–Legal Oklahoma–Legal Oregon–Illegal Pennsylvania–Illegal Rhode Island–Illegal South Carolina–Legal South Dakota–Illegal Tennessee–Legal Texas–Legal Utah–Illegal Vermont–Illegal Virginia–Illegal Washington–Illegal West Virginia–Illegal Wisconsin–Illegal Wyoming–Legal |
SOURCE: Family Education
Corporal Punishment in Public Schools, by State
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State Laws on school corporal punishment
Corporal Punishment Schools – Huffington Post
Corporal Punishment in Schools
See also: Current handbooks of schools where CP is used
See also: Video clips
See also: Pictures of paddles
See also: Paddling in US schools in Topics A to Z
MORE EXTERNAL LINKS ON SCHOOL CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
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