Clisby wrote:


Sue wrote:

Clisby wrote in message

There are states where public school officials can legally spank your
child without your permission.



Wow Clisby, I am amazed. I didn't think any states in the US could
spank so
I looked it up. Sure enough, 23 states are allowed to spank kids in
public
schools. ( It said it was mostly in the south in the "bible belt"
states. Geez, that's a shame.
--
Sue (mom to three girls)
I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World...



Yeah, I remember looking up some of this stuff in relation to a thread
on one of the misc.kids newsgroups not too long ago. If we have the
same list, these states allow spanking:

Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Wyoming

Here in Georgia, a school district that wants to give officials the
option of spanking has to have a written policy on it. So it's possible
there are individual districts in Georgia that ban spanking - I know one
of the districts close to Atlanta was considering that recently. It's
also possible that some districts require parental permission, although
I'd be pretty surprised to hear it. (A child can be exempted from
spanking if the parent gets a doctor to sign a statement that it would
be detrimental to the child's mental or emotional stability.)

Clisby



One other note - according to this website:


http://www.corpun.com/faq.htm


Private schools aren't necessarily affected by state school spanking
bans - it lists Alaska, California, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New
York, Utah, and Washington as states where the bans don't apply to
private schools.

This website also said Pennsylvania abolished public school spankings in
2002, so maybe we're down to 21 states that allow it

Clisby