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The federal government does not ban corporal punishment in schools and 19 states still allow it, leaving districts to decide whether to use it and how. Often, the issue is decided by principals, who frequently defer to parental preference, creating unequal systems of discipline across schools in the same communities and even within individual classrooms.

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