Code: JGA
Adopted: 3/13/11
Revised/Readopted: 08/08/17
Orig. Code(s): JGA

The use of corporal punishment in any form is strictly prohibited in the Northwest Regional Education Service District (NWRESD). No student will be subject to the infliction of corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is defined as the willful infliction of, or willfully causing the infliction of, physical pain. 

No teacher, administrator, other district personnel or district volunteer will subject a student to corporal punishment or condone the use of corporal punishment by any person under his/her supervision or control.  Permission to administer corporal punishment will not be sought or accepted from any parent. 

A staff member is authorized to employ physical force when, in his/her professional judgment, the physical force is necessary to prevent a student from harming self, others or doing harm to NWRESD property. Physical force shall not be used to discipline or punish a student. The superintendent shall inform all staff members and volunteers of this policy. 

END OF POLICY 

Legal Reference(s):

• ORS 161.205 
• ORS 339.240 
• ORS 339.250
• OAR 581-021-0050 to -0075 
• OAR 584-020-0040 

Cross Reference(s): 

JGAB - Use of Restraint and Seclusion