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Corporal Punishment in Public Schools, by State-2008
The following table lists the states allowing corporal punishment in schools according to state name and the number of students hit.
States Allowing Corporal Punishment
State
|
Number of
students hit |
Percent of
total students |
Alabama
|
33,716
|
4.5%
|
Arizona
|
16
|
(1)
|
Arkansas
|
22,314
|
4.7
|
Colorado
|
8
|
(1)
|
Florida
|
7,185
|
0.3
|
Georgia
|
18,249
|
1.1
|
Idaho
|
111
|
0.4
|
Indiana
|
577
|
0.5
|
Kansas
|
50
|
.01
|
Kentucky
|
2,209
|
0.3
|
Louisiana
|
11,080
|
1.7
|
Mississippi
|
38,131
|
7.5
|
Missouri
|
5,159
|
0.6
|
New Mexico
|
705
|
0.2
|
North Carolina
|
2,705
|
0.2
|
Ohio
|
672
|
0.04
|
Oklahoma
|
14,828
|
2.3
|
South Carolina
|
1,409
|
0.2
|
Tennessee
|
14,868
|
1.5
|
Texas
|
49,197
|
1.1
|
U.S. total
|
223,190
|
0.46
|
NOTES: Figures are from 2008.
1. Less than 0.1%
Source: The Center for Effective Discipline, Columbus, Ohio. www.stophitting.com
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