HB 119 Kentucky House · 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to corporal punishment in schools.

Summary

Create a new section of KRS 158.440 to 158.449 to define "corporal punishment"; prohibit a person employed by a school district from using corporal physical discipline; amend KRS 158.444 to remove corporal punishment as a form of discipline in a school; amend KRS 503.110 to remove the exception that permitted the use of physical force by a teacher against a minor.

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Dec 2021

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Introduced Dec 9, 2021 Last action Jan 4, 2022

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