A headline you may have seen claims a school district in Missouri is bringing back spanking as a punishment.
The school board for the Cassville School District voted to allow spanking in schools, but only as a last resort and with parental permission.In 1977, the U.S Supreme Court ruled corporal punishment in schools is constitutional and 19 states, mostly in the south, still allow it.
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