North Carolina's state school board is considering a stand against using physical pain to enforce discipline even as the number of children paddled in public schools falls fast.
The State Board of Education plans to vote Thursday on a statement opposing corporal punishment, which is still allowed in a dozen or so of the state's 115 districts. The state board's resolution doesn't include asking the General Assembly to outlaw the practice that fell by half in the last academic year.
The state Board of Education on Thursday approved a resolution opposing the use of corporal punishment in schools.
The board has no authority to ban the practice, which is still used by nine of the 115 school districts across the state, according to Action for Children North Carolina, a child advocacy group. State law presently leaves it up to each district to decide whether it will allow schools to inflict physical pain to enforce discipline. Read a full story here.
RALEIGH School systems across the state gradually are dropping the use of spanking and paddling. The State Board of Education is encouraging the remaining ones to stop, too.
The board voted at its meeting Thursday to oppose the use of corporal punishment in all North Carolina schools.
The State Board of Education passed a resolution Thursday opposing the use of corporal punishment in public schools.
The board's action would not affect local school boards' policies on paddling as a disciplinary method. State law gives local boards the authority to make those decisions, and a law would be required to impose a statewide ban.
The vote was intended to show the state board's stance on the issue, said a spokesman for the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s state school board is considering a stand against using physical pain to enforce discipline even as the number of children paddled in public schools falls fast.
The State Board of Education plans to vote Thursday on a statement opposing corporal punishment, which is still allowed in a dozen or so of the state’s 115 districts. The state board’s resolution doesn’t include asking the General Assembly to outlaw the practice that fell by half in the last academic year.
RALEIGH — North Carolina's state school board is considering a stand against using physical pain to enforce discipline even as the number of children paddled in public schools falls fast.
The State Board of Education plans to vote Thursday on a statement opposing corporal punishment, which is still allowed in a dozen or so of the state's 115 districts. The state board's resolution doesn't include asking the General Assembly to outlaw the practice that fell by half in the last academic year.
Raleigh, NC -- North Carolina's state school board says it opposes using physical pain to enforce discipline, saying corporal punishment does more harm than good.
The State Board of Education on Thursday approved a statement opposing corporal punishment, which is still allowed in a dozen or so of the state's 115 districts. The state board's resolution does not ask the General Assembly to outlaw the practice.
The number of children being paddled in public schools is falling fast.
On Thursday, the State Board of Education voted 10-1 to pass a resolution opposing corporal punishment in North Carolina’s public schools.
Randolph County, Thomasville City Schools and Caswell County are those that still use the disciplinary practice in the Triad.
Though the state law for corporal punishment states authorities “may use reasonable force in the exercise of lawful authority to restrain or correct pupils”, most counties declare the punishment must be administered on the buttocks with a hand or paddle.
RALEIGH — North Carolina's state school board is considering a stand against using physical pain to enforce discipline even as the number of children paddled in public schools falls fast.
The State Board of Education plans to vote Thursday on a statement opposing corporal punishment, which is still allowed in a dozen or so of the state's 115 districts. The state board's resolution doesn't include asking the General Assembly to outlaw the practice that fell by half in the last academic year.
RALEIGH — School systems across the state gradually are dropping the use of spanking and paddling. The State Board of Education is encouraging the remaining ones to stop, too.
The board voted at its meeting Thursday to oppose the use of corporal punishment in all North Carolina schools.
