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Texas House Public Education Committee to vote TOMORROW (TUES 3/22) on banning CP in schools!

  • Author: UJ* Team
  • Added Date: Mar 21, 2011

Heads up, Activists!

Representative Alma Allen’s legislation – HB 916 -- to end corporal punishment in Texas schools comes up for vote by the Education Committee tomorrow, Tues., 3/22!

Last week, Marc Ecko testified in front of this committee in support of this legislation.

As we understand it, there are currently four committee members who are opposed – we need to change their minds NOW!

Just like you did in the last two weeks with New Mexico, we need YOU to reach out to Texas’ Education Committee members with phone calls, faxes, e-mails – everything – let’s make some major noise to flip this state NOW!

You know the drill:  Go to the Activate page and pull up the names, click on mode of contact, and copy and paste our message below in the “add a custom message here” box, or create one of your own.

Please sign HB 916 to end corporal punishment in Texas’ schools.  Your state LEADS THE NATION in paddling students…last count educators hit 49,197 kids - that’s 98,394 butt cheeks!

Key people to reach – these four in particular, they are the Reps. who are against:

  • Rep. Scott Hochberg
  • Rep. Jimmie Aycock
  • Rep. Harold Dutton
  • Rep. Randy Weber

Others to tap:

  • Rep. Rob Eissler
  • Rep. Jimmie Aycock
  • Rep. Harold Dutton
  • Rep. Mark Shelton

Go for it!!!

Team UJ*

#FightThePaddle

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The Quick Facts

  • America is the only industrialized nation on Earth that allows corporal punishment in public schools
  • A prison inmate cannot be hit as a form of discipline in ANY of the 50 states, yet a student can be hit by an educator in 20 19* states.
  • Paddling students is a legal form of discipline in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Lousiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming.
  • Students with disabilities account for nearly 20% of students paddled. (note: they make up only 14% of our student population nationwide)
  • In states where paddling students is permitted, student academic performance is diminished. (by comparison to states that prohibit such punishment)
  • Explanation of "2006*" -- Throughout our website, we cite the most recent statistics available on record according to The U.S. Department of Education's Civil Rights Data Collection. These statistics were reported in 2008 and are figures for the 2006 - 2007 school year.

To find Paddling data for your school or school district visit: http://ocrdata.ed.gov.

Click here to see more facts about corporal punishment in U.S. schools.

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Facts: In all 50 states it is illegal to hit a prisoner Facts: In all 50 states it is illegal to hit someone in the military Facts: In all 50 states it is illegal to hit an animal Facts: Corporal Punishment in public schools is legal in the following 20 19 states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming. Facts: 220,517 students received some form of corporal punishment in school in 2006 (according to the latest report of the US Dept of Education Office of Civil Rights Data) Facts: Of these students, 20,000 needed to seek medical attention for injuries suffered at the hands of their educators. Facts: In 20 19 states a student can be paddled in school for being late to class, acting out, going to the bathroom without permission, or even failing a test Facts: Students who are paddled have a higher likelihood of dropping out of school Facts: High school drop outs earn approximately $10,000 less than workers with diplomas Facts: High school drop outs are more likely to be unemployed or incarcerated Facts: High school drop out cost taxpayers $8 Billion annually in public services Facts: Over their lifetimes, high school drop outs from the Class of 2011 will cost the US over $200 BILLION in services and lost tax revenue Facts: Most people in the US don't even realize that paddling children in school remains legal in 20 19 states Facts: All US citizens have the right to due process prior to receiving a sentence or punishment. Yet, students in the 20 19 states where paddling is legal in schools are often denied this fundamental right. Facts: Students in schools were paddling is administered:Often have no format to appeal such punishment.May not have the ability to raise concerns over the legitimacy of the claims made against them.May not have the ability to raise concerns over the severity of the punishment being administered for their presumed violations. Facts: The practice of paddling children in school is one riddled with abuse, social, and racial inequality, and often exists without defined standards or effective definition. Facts: Victims and their families often lack the independent financial resources, support systems, processes, and reasonable formats in order to voice their concern over such abuses. Facts: The US is the only industrialized country that still allows students to be hit in school. Facts: Even Iran does not allow its students to be hit in school. Facts: 3 of 10 lowest ranking states in terms of education excellence are among the 20 19 that allow paddling in schools. (According to Education Week's Annual Education Report Card dated 1/14/10) Facts: 8 of the top 10 ranking states in terms of education excellence have banned paddling in schools. (According to Education Week's Annual Education Report Card dated 1/14/10)
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