SB 858 Florida Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Corporal Punishment in Public Schools

Summary
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.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021 Last action Apr 30, 2021
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Committee
1
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to Education; Judiciary; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Annette Taddeo
DDemocratic
FL
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