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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
The Board of Education asserts that corporal punishment is not a desirable method of enforcing decorum, order or discipline. The Board of Education prohibits the use of corporal punishment by district employees.
1.
No teacher, administrator, officer, employee or agent in the district shall use corporal punishment against a pupil.
2.
As used in this section, corporal punishment is defined as the use of physical force for the purpose of punishing a pupil, except as otherwise provided in subdivision
3. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of reasonable physical force for the following purposes:
a. to protect oneself from physical injury;
b. to protect another pupil or teacher or any other person from physical injury;
c. to protect district property or the property of others;
d. to restrain or remove a pupil whose behavior is interfering with the orderly exercise and performance of district functions, powers or duties, if that pupil has refused to comply with a request to refrain from further disruptive acts.
The above exceptions are permissible, provided that alternative procedures and methods not involving the use of physical force cannot reasonably be employed to achieve the same purposes.
Investigation of Complaints
Investigation of Complaints
The superintendent of schools shall investigate complaints about the alleged use of corporal punishment.
Reports to Commissioner of Education
Reports to Commissioner of Education
The superintendent of schools shall submit reports to the Commissioner of Education on or before January 15th and July 15th of each year concerning complaints about the use of corporal punishment during the six-month reporting period. Such reports shall set forth the substance of each complaint, the results of the investigation and the action, if any, by the district.
POLICY ADOPTED: July 11, 2001 WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Ontario Center, New York l4520
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