East Texas high school principal cleared of child abuse charges after paddling student

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East Texas high school principal cleared of child abuse charges after paddling student
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Texas is one of 17 states that allow public school educators to use corporal punishment, which includes hitting, spanking, paddling or deliberately inflicting pain to discipline students.

A school district's board of trustees must adopt a policy allowing the practice, and parents can opt their student out of corporal punishment by providing written notice to the district.

Overton ISD allows students to choose between paddling or in-school suspension. In this case, the student chose paddling, and the student's parent and another female witness remained in the room. After receiving two hits, the student said she was hurt and didn't want the third hit, the affidavit states, but both Hogg and the student's mother encouraged the student to complete the punishment. The student decided to follow through and receive the third hit.

Texas lawmakers have long discussed banning the practice. Rep. Alma Allen, a Houston Democrat and former public school teacher, has carried a bill to eliminate the practice in each biennial session for the past 18 years. This year, the bill did make it onto the House floor, where Republican lawmakers referenced the Bible to argue that schools should be allowed to continue the practice. The bill failed with a 58-86 vote in the lower chamber.

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