FILE:  JDA

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

The West Baton Rouge Parish School Board prohibits the use of corporal punishment as a means of discipline.

Ref:    U.S. Constitution, Amend. XIII

U.S. Constitution, Amend. XIV, Sec. 1

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81.6, 17:416

Baker v. Owen, 96 S. Ct. 210 affirming 395 F. Supp. 294 (M.D.N.C., 1975)

Ingraham v. Wright, 97 S. Ct. 1401, (1977)

West Baton Rouge Parish School Board