Does your school allow Corprol Punishment?

Koloe · 08-21-2008, 01:24 PM

It's rather scary the number of states that still allow their teachers to use paddles on their students. Mine does not, which I knew some time ago because DB's father use to teach and was annoyed he couldn't use a paddle anymore. He use to use it quite a bit I've heard. But then, I think he enjoyed using it on students - particularly considering how he use to always beat-up DB when he was growing up.

More than 200,000 kids spanked at school - CNN.com

School spankings: Minorities get more - Education - MSNBC.com

Someone else found this on a google search:

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--N/A
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--Legal
Rhode Island--Restricted*
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
* banned by every school board in the state

I had assumed until yesterday it was illegal in all public schools. Silly me for assuming such a thing.

Pautzie · 08-21-2008, 03:52 PM

Legally it's still on my district's books, but it is strictly forbidden. Thank God! It's not my job to spank someone else's child, nor do I want someone else deciding what is worth a paddling for my own child.

Kris · 08-21-2008, 04:34 PM

It may be listed as "legal" in Kansas, but it surely doesn't happen. In our district, it would be grounds for immediate dismissal.

~*Victoria*~ · 08-21-2008, 04:44 PM

That says that it is legal here in South Carolina..but its not. I believe a couple years ago actually a teacher tried to spank a student and she lost her license to teach and was put in jail. Even in the school handbooks it says that parents have to give permission for the Principal to give spankings..but nothing about teachers. Either way Im against it...hell if I can't even spank my own child out in public without going to jail why on earth am I going to give that permission to someone else?!!?

Koloe · 08-21-2008, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Kris

It may be listed as "legal" in Kansas, but it surely doesn't happen. In our district, it would be grounds for immediate dismissal.

I think there may be a lot of school districts in states where it is "legal" that don't allow it. But someone on another board had just signed an opt-out for her child at a new school - saying she did NOT want her child spanked as a form of discipline.

Jessica · 08-21-2008, 05:33 PM

Here it is legal BUT parents have the right to opt-out. Honestly, I don't think that it is something that schools use very often. I know that the schools here will call if they feel that spanking is the punishment of choice and the parents are given the chance to do it themselves.

I didn't realze it was such a "hot button".

Koloe · 08-21-2008, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Jessica

I didn't realze it was such a "hot button".

Any kind of corporal punishment you can pretty much consider "hot button" depending on the group of people you are talking too. In one article I read - I don't think it's one of the links I posted though - a 5-year-old landed in the ER because of the beating his teacher gave him for not being polite enough.

One could get into a very heated argument over appropriate and inappropriate punishment of children.

Note - the list is supposedly from 2002 so not 100% accurate I've just discovered.

Tricia · 08-21-2008, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jessica

Here it is legal BUT parents have the right to opt-out. Honestly, I don't think that it is something that schools use very often. I know that the schools here will call if they feel that spanking is the punishment of choice and the parents are given the chance to do it themselves.

I didn't realze it was such a "hot button".

I think I would go freakin postal if I found out a teacher spanked Gage. It doesn't mean I wouldn't do it myself, but they have no right touching my child, I at least know how hard I am spanking in.

I can't believe it is still an option in some schools, though some kids probably NEED spanking.