Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session
prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in private schools that participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law prohibits an official, employee, or agent of a school board from
subjecting a pupil enrolled in the school district to corporal punishment, defined as
the intentional infliction of physical pain as a means of discipline. Certain exceptions
are provided; e.g., using reasonable and necessary force to quell a disturbance, obtain
possession of a weapon, or prevent a pupil from inflicting harm on himself or herself.
This bill prohibits an official, employee, or agent of a private school that is
participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) from subjecting
a pupil attending the school to corporal punishment. The bill provides the same
exceptions that apply in public schools.
The bill allows the state superintendent of public instruction to bar a private
school from participating in the MPCP if he or she determines that the prohibition
has been violated in the private school.