Is It Legal For Teachers To Hit Students?
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In April 2016, a viral video showed a Georgia school principal paddling a five-year-old student. The video prompted a public debate on the effectiveness and legality of corporal punishment, which continues in many US schools despite efforts to outlaw it. So we wanted to know, where is it still legal for teachers to hit students? Well, in the United States, there is no federal law that addresses the use of corporal punishment in schools, meaning that it’s up to states and individual school districts to regulate it as they see fit. As of August 2016, 31 states had outlawed the disciplinary practice and 19 allow it to a certain extent, or with permission from a parent or guardian. However it should be noted that corporal punishment is not pervasive in many of these states, it just hasn’t been outlawed yet. According to dat...
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In April 2016, a viral video showed a Georgia school principal paddling a five-year-old student. The video prompted a public debate on the effectiveness and legality of corporal punishment, which continues in many US schools despite efforts to outlaw it. So we wanted to know, where is it still legal for teachers to hit students? Well, in the United States, there is no federal law that addresses the use of corporal punishment in schools, meaning that it’s up to states and individual school districts to regulate it as they see fit. As of August 2016, 31 states had outlawed the disciplinary practice and 19 allow it to a certain extent, or with permission from a parent or guardian. However it should be noted that corporal punishment is not pervasive in many of these states, it just hasn’t been outlawed yet. According to dat...
