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Corporal punishment of minors in the United States, meaning the infliction of physical pain or discomfort by parents or other adult guardians, including in some cases school officials, [1] for purposes of punishing unacceptable attitude, is subject to varying legal limits, depending on the state.
The majority of students who experience corporal punishment reside in the Southern United States; Department of Education data from 2011–2012 show that 70 percent of students subjected to corporal punishment were from the five states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas, with the latter two states accounting for 35 percent of ...
In the book Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools: Legal Precedents, Current Practices, and Future Policy, [2] Gershoff and colleagues draw attention to the fact that corporal punishment in schools remains legal in 19 states. The authors estimate that nearly 200,000 children are victims of corporal punishment in schools and that many ...
The new law defines corporal punishment, physical, mechanical and chemical restraint and seclusion. It bars chemical restraint from being used in school and allows the use of other types of ...
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Corporal punishment in the United States may refer to: Corporal punishment of minors in the United States; School corporal punishment in the United States; Domestic corporal punishment in the United States; Judicial corporal punishment in the United States
It's time for corporal punishment to go." The nonprofit's effort comes after state Rep. Jim Talley, R-Stillwater, held an interim hearing on corporal punishment this fall.
Guidance (”Advisory for Eliminating Corporal Punishment in Schools under Section 35(1) of the RTE Act 2009”) which sets out the national law relevant to corporal punishment in schools, the international human rights standards, steps that may be taken to promote positive child development and not resorting to corporal punishment, and the ...