WHB/1/9
Sponsored by Miko Williams, Clara Zaccari of Franklin High School
This legislation was filed in the Education category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this act will be defined as follows: |
| 4 | a: Corporal Punishment- anything done to cause pain or discomfort in response to a child's |
| 5 | behaviors in a school. Examples of physical punishment include: spanking (one of the most |
| 6 | common methods of physical punishment) slapping, pinching, or pulling. |
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| 8 | Section 2: Current law in Tennessee allows for teachers to utilize force, if necessary, on pupils in |
| 9 | order to maintain general order in the classroom. If enacted, this bill will prohibit the use of |
| 10 | corporal punishment under any and all circumstances in the state of Tennessee. |
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| 12 | Section 3: This bill has a two-offense system, meaning that the first offense will result in a verbal |
| 13 | warning by school and/or county officials, and the second offense will result in the indefinite |
| 14 | suspension of the employee's teaching license while a thorough investigation into the offenses |
| 15 | occurs by local authorities. If the investigation proves guilt of the offenses, the employee will face |
| 16 | immediate termination of their contract and permanent removal of the teaching license. |
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| 18 | Section 4: This addition of this course will come at no cost. |
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| 20 | Section 5: All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. |
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| 22 | Section 6: This act shall take effect as soon as it is enacted. |
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