Ed. Code, § 49000 · Article 5. Prohibition of Corporal Punishment
Ed. Code, § 49000
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The Legislature finds and declares that the protection against corporal punishment, which extends to other citizens in other walks of life, should include children while they are under the control of the public schools. Children of school age are at the most vulnerable and impressionable period of their lives and it is wholly reasonable that the safeguards to the integrity and sanctity of their bodies should be, at this tender age, at least equal to that afforded to other citizens.
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History
Repealed and added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1069, Sec. 2.
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