Lawmakers couldn’t agree to lift the secrecy of university presidential searches, lift labor restrictions for minors, or to ...

Oklahoma's Senate Bill 364, prohibiting corporal punishment for special needs students, awaits Governor's signature. The ...

House lawmakers on Wednesday fought over whether educators should be able to physically discipline disabled students before ...

However, corporal punishment is still legal in many states, and it is not yet clear whether Trump's directive might ...

However, corporal punishment is still legal in many states, and it is not yet clear whether Trump's directive might accelerate that disparity. It is also worth noting that Trump does not have ...

Senate Bill 364 targeting corporal punishment for students with disabilities passed the House on Wednesday, and now heads to the Governors desk for consideration before it can be signed into law.

Countries that have enacted comprehensive prohibitions against corporal punishment are granting children the same protective legal framework against assault as adults. In March 2025, forty countries ...

Nearly a half-century after the Supreme Court ruled that school spankings are permissible and not “cruel and unusual punishment,” many U.S. states allow physical punishment for students who ...

Existing state law only prohibits schools from administering corporal punishments on students with the “most significant cognitive disabilities.” Oklahoma Voice is part of States Newsroom ...

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt received a bill set to prohibit corporal punishment for students with ... the governor will sign this bill into law.

Despite longstanding legal prohibitions, the presence of corporal punishment remains a major barrier to ending violence against children, say experts. Today, as Bangladesh joins the global ...