Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends the law regarding corporal punishment in schools.

Highlights:

• Requires school districts to inform parents of “right to prohibit the use of corporal punishment by the district against the student” (Page 1).

• Requires that parents opposed to such punishment submit a signed statement prohibiting use of such punishment against their child (Page 2).

• Requires districts to report incidents of corporal punishment, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, etc (Page 2).

• Requires that such reports also include information on reports to law enforcement, suspensions, juvenile justice alternative education, expulsions, misdemeanor citations, arrests, truancy court referrals (Page 2-3).

• Requires that such reports be “publicly available” (Page 3).