FILE:  JDA

Corporal Punishment

The use of corporal punishment by administrators and teachers is authorized when such punishment is administered in a reasonable manner.  Provided, however, that corporal punishment shall not be administered to any student with an Individual Education Plan (Talented and Gifted excepted) or an Individual Accommodation Plan.

The following guidelines are to be followed when administering corporal punishment:

1. Corporal punishment should be used after other methods of discipline have failed.
   
   

2. Procedural due process must be used and parental notification must occur before administering corporal punishment.
   
   

3. An adult witness must be present when corporal punishment is administered.
   
   

4. Any paddle to be used in administering corporal punishment should be made of wood fourteen (14) to fifteen (15) inches long, six (6) inches wide and one-half (1/2) inch thick.
   
   

5. Any paddling must be applied to a student’s posterior for a maximum of five (5) times.

Corporal Punishment Incidence Checklist

Adopted:  September 15, 2016

Revised:  August 17, 2017

Ref:    Board minutes, 7-1-82, 9-15-16, 8-17-17

Vermilion Parish School Board