Is Corporal Punishment at My School Allow ?

Paddling is not uncommon  in 19 states.  In the 1977 Supreme Court case Ingraham v. Wright, the court found that spanking in schools does not violate students' rights, specifically the Eighth Amendment's "cruel and unusual punishment" clause and the Fourteenth Amendment's right to due process. However, in Texas lawmakers do give the parents the right to exempt their children from corporal punishment with a sign waiver.

These states still allow it: 

1. Alabama
2. Arizona
3. Arkansas
4. Colorado
5. Florida
6. Georgia (Atlanta banned)
7. Idaho
8. Indiana
9. Kansas
10. Kentucky
11. Louisiana
12. Mississippi
13. Missouri
14. North Carolina
15. Oklahoma
16. South Carolina
17. Tennessee (Memphis banned)
18. Texas (Houston banned)
19. Wyoming  

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