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Senate passes bill removing parental written permission for corporal punishment in public schools
Summary
The Utah Senate passed SB101 after hours of debate, removing a statutory provision that allowed written parental permission as authorization for corporal punishment in public schools. An amendment to extend the ban to private/parochial schools failed. Vote: 25–3–1.
The Utah State Senate on third reading approved SB101, a bill sponsored by Senator Steele that removes the statutory requirement allowing teachers to rely on a written parental authorization to administer corporal punishment in public schools.
Steele, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the change targets legal and equal-protection concerns. "If a teacher administers corporal punishment to one child and not another because only one file authorizes it, we fall into fourteenth amendment questions of equal protection," he said, arguing the written note can create discriminatory…
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