Twenty - nine
states ban corporal punishment, but rules vary even from district to district.
Not exact matches
State Rep. Jason Powell of Nashville has filed legislation to
ban the use of
corporal punishment on students with disabilities.
In some jurisdictions there was a difference in the time of
banning between
state (public) and private schools; an interesting anomaly is that
corporal punishment is still legal in Northern Territory
state schools but is prohibited by departmental policies - a teacher who used it could be sacked but not prosecuted.
Corporal punishment by teacher's in schools was progressively
banned in each
state and territory starting in 1985 (Victoria) and being completed in 2009 (Northern Territory).