North Carolina is one of 21 states with a law that permits corporal punishment in the public schools.  Yet, it may be the only state that does not monitor the administration of corporal punishment.

Last month, Action for Children and students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Social Work completed a survey of corporal punishment policies from all 115 local school districts in the state.  The issue brief presents an analysis of those policies.  Findings include:

• Sixty local districts still permit corporal punishment.
• Fifty-five local districts ban it, and this number grows each year.
• Virtually all the most populous school districts have banned corporal punishment, so between 70-80% of public school students are not subject to corporal punishment.

Click here for the complete report: Fact or Fiction: Corporal Punishment in North Carolina Public Schools