North Carolina School Discipline Laws

Corporal Punishment and Child Abuse in North Carolina

North Carolina law leaves the method of parenting up to the individual parents, and allows for a parent to choose to use corporal punishment.

Shaken by post-pandemic disruptions, some states take a harder ...

Eight states have considered student discipline legislation this year, according to law ... laws, while lawmakers in Nebraska, North Carolina and ...

What's stopping North Carolina from banning school suspensions?

Those students' families and advocates call the exclusionary discipline practice discrimination. WCNC Charlotte is always asking "where's the ...

Restraint and Seclusion - North Carolina - State Policy Database

State law requires districts to adopt policies limiting use of restraint and seclusion that include comprehensive student protections.

Reducing Disparities and Promoting Equity in School Discipline

The State Constitution and U.S. Constitution guarantee students in North Carolina public schools equal protection under of the laws.

Study Highlights Disparities in School Discipline - Spectrum News

“Even though there has been a lot of changes in North Carolina's discipline laws and policies, the thing we've seen consistently is that ...

STATE EXCLUSIONARY DISCIPLINE POLICIES

of School Discipline Laws and Regulations aggregated by. Child Trends in 2021 ... Efforts by Washington, D.C.,. North Carolina, and California to ban exclusion ...

School discipline rights for kids with IEPs and 504 plans - Understood

And when students break rules, schools have the authority to discipline them. There are different types of school discipline. But no matter which type the ...

HB188 undermines efforts to reduce suspensions - EdNC

More than 10 years ago, the General Assembly unanimously passed a new school discipline law that was heavily vetted by stakeholders.

Local School Districts Banning Corporal Punishment since Passage ...

The 18 districts join 70 other North Carolina school districts that had already banned corporal punishment.Though corporal punishment in school is still allowed ...

NC lawmakers should catch up with the times on corporal punishment

Ironically, North Carolina remains on the list of 18 states with statutes that allow corporal punishment in the public schools, even though its ...

NC public schools have stopped using corporal punishment. That ...

House Bill 295, filed on Wednesday, would change state law to prohibit public schools from using corporal punishment. The bipartisan legislation ...

Inequity in Schooling Discipline - UNC School of Law Journals

The discipline compliance review revealed discriminatory disciplinary practices in K-12 education. It found that Black boys were nearly twice as likely as white ...

North Carolina leads nation in suspending students with disabilities

Lawmakers in several states have largely banned this form of discipline for specific elementary school grade levels, with violence considered an ...

School discipline bill will be weaponized against NC students

This bill opens the door to teachers overreacting to minor misbehavior — something as simple as mouthing off to a teacher or violating the dress ...

"School Discipline Reform" by Barbara Fedders and Jason Langberg

Authors. Barbara Fedders, University of North Carolina School of Law · Jason Langberg. Abstract. Relying on social science, neuroscience, and common sense to ...

Parent-Student Handbook / Behavior and Discipline

§115C-390.10, principals must recommend a 365- day suspension for students who bring firearms or destructive devices on school property. Discipline for Conduct ...

Student Discipline Procedures - Office of Student Conduct - NC State

§ 116-40.11. 2.3 “Attorney” means any person licensed to practice law in the state of North Carolina. Consistent with the Code of Student Conduct and Student ...

Lawmakers across U.S. push for harsher school discipline - Chalkbeat

A proposed Texas law would allow teachers to eject disruptive students after a single incident, while a North Carolina proposal would permit ...

Catholic School Disciplinary Violations - Lento Law Firm

“The disciplinary policies and procedures set forth in the Parent-Student Handbooks are to provide guidelines that the school may, in its discretion, employ in ...