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OT religion and smacking
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 |
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