SB 858 (2021) - Corporal Punishment in Public Schools

General Bill by Taddeo

Corporal Punishment in Public Schools: Citing this act as the “Sofia Taddeo-Goldstein Act”; specifying that only school principals, and not teachers, may administer corporal punishment to public school students; requiring school principals to notify students’ parents in writing and receive written consent before administering corporal punishment; authorizing teachers and other instructional personnel to request that principals administer corporal punishment; prohibiting principals from administering corporal punishment unless they have taken specified actions, etc.

Effective Date: 07/01/2021

Last Event: 04/30/21 S Died in Education on Friday, April 30, 2021 2:40 PM

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Event	Time	Member	Committee	Ver.
Event: S Died in Education	Time: 04/30/2021 - 2:40 PM	Member:	Committee: Education	Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 99	Time: 03/02/2021 - 11:09 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Referred to Education; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 99	Time: 02/04/2021 - 12:22 PM	Member:	Committee: Education	Version: __
Event: S Filed	Time: 01/27/2021 - 1:41 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute	Other Bill Citations
1002.20	CS/CS/SB 48, CS/CS/SB 52, HB 99, HB 175, SB 178, HB 179, SB 202, HB 225, CS/HB 229, CS/HB 281, CS/HB 355, CS/SB 358, CS/CS/HB 383, CS/SB 410, SB 508, SB 538, CS/CS/HB 545, SB 580, CS/SB 590, HB 935, HB 1299, SB 2502*, CS/HB 7035
1003.01	HB 171, HB 225, CS/CS/SB 366, CS/SB 486, SB 580, CS/HB 723, CS/CS/HB 791, CS/HB 985*, SB 1016, SB 1042, SB 1228, HB 1583, SB 1754
1003.32

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