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                                  HOUSE BILL 1528

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Representatives Van Luven, Cole, R. King, Pruitt, Wang and Anderson.

Read first time January 31, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Education.Prohibiting corporal punishment in public schools.

     AN ACT Relating to corporal punishment in public schools; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.150 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.150 RCW to read as follows:

     School districts and school district employees shall not use or authorize the use of corporal punishment as a means of disciplining students within the public schools. For purposes of this section corporal punishment includes hitting, spanking, slapping, or striking a student.  This section does not prohibit the use of physical restraint when reasonable and necessary to protect any person from physical injury or to prevent the commission of a crime.