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In the years since, a number of U.S. states have banned corporal punishment in public schools. [2] The most recent state to outlaw it was Idaho in 2023, [5] and the latest de facto statewide ban was in Kentucky on November 2, 2023, when the last school district in the state that had not yet banned it did so. In 2014, a student was struck in a U ...
As of 2024, 33 states and the District of Columbia have banned corporal punishment in public schools, though in some of these there is no explicit prohibition. Corporal punishment is also unlawful in private schools in Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey and New York. In the remaining 17 U.S. states corporal punishment is lawful in both public ...
Prison corporal punishment or disciplinary corporal punishment, ordered by prison authorities or carried out directly by correctional officers against the inmates for misconduct in custody, has long been common practice in penal institutions worldwide. It has officially been banned in most Western civilizations during the 20th century, but is ...
Corporal punishment is not doled out equally among students, and most vulnerable kids are often on the receiving end of the most paddling. Corporal punishment is finally banned in all Kentucky ...
There were five incidents of corporal punishment in the state last academic year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education’s 2022-2023 School Report Card, released on Tuesday.
This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools. Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law this month bans physical ...
School corporal punishment was banned in 1914. [34] Parents' right to use corporal punishment of their children was outlawed in 1969 when the section in the constitution of assault in the Penal Code, stating that a "petty assault" was not punishable if committed by parents or others who exercise their right to chastise a child, was removed.
SEE MORE: Pediatric group urging states to ban spanking in all public schools "Corporal punishment is unacceptable," Ms. Hochul said in a statement to the publication. "This new law will ensure ...