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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

The Orleans Parish School Board shall prohibit the use of any form of corporal punishment in any public school, program or activity under its jurisdiction, including direct operated or charter schools.  Thus, neither the principal nor any member of the school staff or Orleans Parish School Board employee has the authority or discretion to use any form of corporal punishment against a student.

Corporal punishment refers to intentional application of physical pain as a method of changing behavior.  It includes a wide variety of methods such as hitting, slapping, punching, kicking, pinching, shaking, choking, use of various objects (wooden paddles, belts, sticks, pins, or others), painful body postures, use of electric shock, use of excessive exercise drills, withholding meals, or preventing restroom use.  It also includes use of seclusion, i.e., locked isolation, and inappropriate restraint, i.e., restraint by individuals who are not Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certified or by those implementing inappropriate CPI protocol.

Ref:    U.S. Constitution, Amend. XIII

U.S. Constitution, Amend. XIV, Sec. 1

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81.6, 17:223, 17:235.1, 17:416, 17:416.1

Baker v. Owen, 96 S. Ct. 210 affirming 395 F. Supp. 294 (M.D.N.C., 1975)

Ingraham v. Wright, 97 S. Ct. 1401, (1977)

Orleans Parish School Board