New legislation is working to change corporal punishment in Florida.
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“For years, the lack of a requirement that parental consent be achieved before school corporal punishment happens, has led to numerous instances where a parent didn’t want anything to do with school corporal punishment. But, it happened anyway,” Graham Bernstein said.
Bernstein is the Director of Political Affairs for the University of Florida student policy forum. He assisted in writing and researching this bill , sponsored by Representative Katherine Waldron and Senator Geraldine Thompson. They’re pushing to change the law to require parental consent and do away with paddling for students who have disabilities.
We spoke with educators about the use of corporal punishment in the classroom.