FILE: JDA
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
The Lincoln Parish School Board shall prohibit the use of corporal punishment by all its employees. Students shall not be paddled, spanked, forced to kneel or otherwise physically disciplined for infractions of student conduct regulations. Furthermore, no other person (including parents or guardians) shall be allowed to administer corporal punishment to a student while on school grounds.
Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted as prohibiting an employee from using physical force, reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances, in defending himself or herself against a physical attack by a student, or from using physical force to restrain a student from attacking another student or employee, or to quell a disturbance, or to protect school property.
Revised: May 6, 2008
Revised: December 5, 2017
Revised: January 5, 2021
Ref: U.S. Constitution, Amend. XIII
U.S. Constitution, Amend. XIV, Sec. 1
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:81.6, 17:223, 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)
Board minutes, 5-6-08, 12-5-17, 1-5-21
Lincoln Parish School Board