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Religious school groups not worried about corporal punishment bill

Kevin Eckstrom

Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif. (RNS): A proposed bill aims to put a stop to teacher-administered spankings, making corporal punishment illegal in any school – including private religious ones – that receives even a trickle of federal funding.

Religious school groups, usually quick to guard against government encroachment, have few worries about the bill because officials said many abandoned hitting as a punishment years ago. Read More.

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