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Tennessee may control spanking of disabled students
The Tennessee Senate is scheduled to vote on a bill that would ban the spanking of disabled children at public schools. The bill has already passed in the House and is up for a vote in the Senate on Monday. The measure would bar school officials from using corporal punishment on kids with disabilities unless their parents give written approval. A report released last month by the state Comptroller's office found that disabled children in Tennessee schools were getting spanked at a higher rate than other children in recent years. A 2017 study found that spanking and other physical discipline techniques continue to have adverse effects on children for far longer than originally thought. Children spanked when they were as young as 15 months old displayed negative temperament and were less likely to show positive behaviors in the fifth grade and even into their teenage years, according to researchers at the University of Missouri .
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