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Pawpaw wrote:I can't find HB359 on the Texas Legislature website. It says that bill number is not valid for this session.

Sorry. Forgot to address this. http://tinyurl.com/HB359

Pawpaw wrote:Actually, my policy was that if you got one at school, there would've been another when you got home. Since even DODS outlawed corporal punishment, I had to take over.

And here I've always been told how you almost came over the principal's desk at that school when we were at Kelly the first time because she paddled me.

austinrealtor wrote:I generally agree with you on spanking, but this incident was not a "spanking" nor "corporal punishment" this was - IMHO - a teacher using legally justifiable force to defend herself from the unjustifiable and illegal use of force by a student. This was not "punishment" this was self-defense and easily meets the standards of immediacy and reasonableness as spelled out in Texas law.

My apologies for the confusion. I was participating in the "hijacking" of the thread toward the corporal punishment question. I certainly understand and agree that the teacher in this case is defending herself and NOT punishing the student.

Texas schools currently allow for corporal punishment. It has been left up to the school districts themselves to determine if they will administer it or not. HB359 codifies this and allows parents/legal guardians a way to opt out. It passed May 27th, 2011 and has been sent to the Gov.

For my part, I take my queue from my father. If my child has done something that requires a paddling, the school should call me and inform me about it. I will come down to the school and, in front of the teacher, principal, or whomever, administer the paddling myself. If a teacher laws a hand on my child, they better be prepared for me to lay my hands on them.

Incidentally, in my home, the only "crime" worthy of spanking is lying. For every other issue we have other punishments that, for the most part, are quite effective.

loadedliberal wrote:Now that I am out of high school I think corporal punishment should be reinstated in all schools, the feeling of the paddle on bare flesh would be a great deterrent to some of the smart mouthed delinquents that seem to populate the halls of our schools.

Are you sure you're a liberal?