[{"nces_id":"4500780","name":"Anderson 01","county":"Anderson","status":"bans","quote":"Policy CORPORAL PUNISHMENT/PHYSICAL FORCE (NEW) Code JKA Issued DRAFT/18 The use of corporal punishment, defined as any act of physical force upon a student for the purpose of punishing that student, is not acceptable in this district and will not be tolerated as a disciplinary measure.","source":"https://go.boarddocs.com/sc/rsd2/Board.nsf/files/BKMLKA55A110/$file/__JKA%20%20-%20Corporal%20Punishment%20-%20Physical%20Force%20(NEW).pdf","last_verified":"2026-09-24","method":"searched_document","parent_control":null,"documents":[],"notes":"Found by searching for the district's board policy on corporal punishment and read 2026-09-24. `quotes` carries every rule-bearing sentence in document order. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory; an ambiguous name was not recorded."},{"nces_id":"4501080","name":"Barnwell School District 45","county":"Barnwell","status":"silent","quote":null,"source":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1707068009/bsd45net/hjjtghcul5qpv7diruqi/bhsHandbookSY2024_20230803.pdf","last_verified":"2026-09-29","method":"searched_document","parent_control":"unknown","documents":[{"kind":"handbook","url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1707068009/bsd45net/hjjtghcul5qpv7diruqi/bhsHandbookSY2024_20230803.pdf","says":"silent"}],"notes":"1 document found by searching for the district's handbook, code of conduct and board policy and read in full on 2026-09-29; none mentions corporal punishment. State law permits the practice where a district has not prohibited it, so with no written rule it runs on custom; the board policy manual was not located by search or vendor lookup. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory."},{"nces_id":null,"name":"Charleston County Schools","county":"Charleston","status":"unknown","quote":null,"source":null,"last_verified":null,"method":null,"parent_control":null,"documents":[],"notes":"Status carried over from the pre-2026 map with no source and not verified. The first districts re-checked in 2026 were wrong in this data more often than not, so it is recorded as unknown until someone opens the policy. The previous unsourced value is kept in legacy_status."},{"nces_id":null,"name":"Clarendon County Schools","county":"Clarendon","status":"unknown","quote":null,"source":null,"last_verified":null,"method":null,"parent_control":null,"documents":[],"notes":"Status carried over from the pre-2026 map with no source and not verified. The first districts re-checked in 2026 were wrong in this data more often than not, so it is recorded as unknown until someone opens the policy. The previous unsourced value is kept in legacy_status."},{"nces_id":"4502010","name":"Dorchester School District 2","county":"Dorchester","status":"silent","quote":null,"source":"https://www.ddtwo.org/parent-student-handbook/student-and-parent-rights-and-responsibilities","last_verified":"2026-09-29","method":"searched_document","parent_control":"unknown","documents":[{"kind":"handbook","url":"https://www.ddtwo.org/parent-student-handbook/student-and-parent-rights-and-responsibilities","says":"silent"},{"kind":"handbook","url":"https://www.ddtwo.org/families/handbooks-guides","says":"silent"},{"kind":"handbook","url":"https://nes.ddtwo.org/fs/pages/6916","says":"silent"}],"notes":"3 documents found by searching for the district's handbook, code of conduct and board policy and read in full on 2026-09-29; none mentions corporal punishment. State law permits the practice where a district has not prohibited it, so with no written rule it runs on custom; the board policy manual was not located by search or vendor lookup. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory."},{"nces_id":"4502130","name":"Florence School District 1","county":"Florence","status":"silent","quote":null,"source":"https://www.florence.k12.sd.us/en-US/handbooks-00f880ee","last_verified":"2026-09-29","method":"searched_document","parent_control":"unknown","documents":[{"kind":"handbook","url":"https://www.florence.k12.sd.us/en-US/handbooks-00f880ee","says":"silent"}],"notes":"1 document found by searching for the district's handbook, code of conduct and board policy and read in full on 2026-09-29; none mentions corporal punishment. State law permits the practice where a district has not prohibited it, so with no written rule it runs on custom; the board policy manual was not located by search or vendor lookup. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory."},{"nces_id":"4503907","name":"Governor'S School For Science And Mathematics","county":"Darlington","status":"silent","quote":null,"source":"https://www.scgssm.org/student-life/student-handbook","last_verified":"2026-09-26","method":"searched_document","parent_control":"unknown","documents":[{"kind":"handbook","url":"https://www.scgssm.org/student-life/student-handbook","says":"silent"}],"notes":"1 document found by searching for the district's handbook, code of conduct and board policy and read in full on 2026-09-26; none mentions corporal punishment. State law permits the practice where a district has not prohibited it, so with no written rule it runs on custom; the board policy manual was not located by search or vendor lookup. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory."},{"nces_id":null,"name":"Greenville County Schools","county":"Greenville","status":"unknown","quote":null,"source":null,"last_verified":null,"method":null,"parent_control":null,"documents":[],"notes":"Status carried over from the pre-2026 map with no source and not verified. The first districts re-checked in 2026 were wrong in this data more often than not, so it is recorded as unknown until someone opens the policy. The previous unsourced value is kept in legacy_status."},{"nces_id":"4502340","name":"Greenwood School District 50","county":"Greenwood","status":"silent","quote":null,"source":"https://www.gwd50.org/student-rights-and-responsibilities","last_verified":"2026-09-29","method":"searched_document","parent_control":"unknown","documents":[{"kind":"other","url":"https://www.gwd50.org/student-rights-and-responsibilities","says":"silent"}],"notes":"1 document found by searching for the district's handbook, code of conduct and board policy and read in full on 2026-09-29; none mentions corporal punishment. State law permits the practice where a district has not prohibited it, so with no written rule it runs on custom; the board policy manual was not located by search or vendor lookup. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory."},{"nces_id":"4503912","name":"Hampton","county":"Hampton","status":"allows","quote":"July 2021 133 4.39—CORPORAL PUNISHMENT The Hampton School Board authorizes the use of corporal punishment to be administered in accordance with this policy by the Superintendent or the superintendent’s designated staff members who are required to have a state-issued license as a condition of their employment.","source":"https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2248/hsd/4596952/24-25_HSD_Student_Handbook.pdf","last_verified":"2026-09-25","method":"searched_document","parent_control":"unknown","documents":[],"notes":"Found by searching for the district's policy document and read 2026-09-26 (Mothership sweep of SC). `quotes` carries every rule-bearing sentence in document order. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory."},{"nces_id":null,"name":"Horry County Schools","county":"Horry","status":"unknown","quote":null,"source":null,"last_verified":null,"method":null,"parent_control":null,"documents":[],"notes":"Status carried over from the pre-2026 map with no source and not verified. The first districts re-checked in 2026 were wrong in this data more often than not, so it is recorded as unknown until someone opens the policy. The previous unsourced value is kept in legacy_status."},{"nces_id":"4502790","name":"Lexington School District 4","county":"Lexington","status":"silent","quote":null,"source":"https://www.lex4.org/article/1179249","last_verified":"2026-09-29","method":"searched_document","parent_control":"unknown","documents":[{"kind":"handbook","url":"https://www.lex4.org/article/1179249","says":"silent"}],"notes":"1 document found by searching for the district's handbook, code of conduct and board policy and read in full on 2026-09-29; none mentions corporal punishment. State law permits the practice where a district has not prohibited it, so with no written rule it runs on custom; the board policy manual was not located by search or vendor lookup. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory."},{"nces_id":"4503910","name":"Orangeburg","county":"Orangeburg","status":"silent","quote":null,"source":"https://www.ocsdsc.org/school-board/policies","last_verified":"2026-09-26","method":"searched_document","parent_control":"unknown","documents":[{"kind":"board_policy","url":"https://www.ocsdsc.org/school-board/policies","says":"silent"}],"notes":"1 document found by searching for the district's handbook, code of conduct and board policy and read in full on 2026-09-26; none mentions corporal punishment. State law permits the practice where a district has not prohibited it, so with no written rule it runs on custom; the board policy manual was not located by search or vendor lookup. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory."},{"nces_id":null,"name":"Orangeburg County Schools","county":"Orangeburg","status":"unknown","quote":null,"source":null,"last_verified":null,"method":null,"parent_control":null,"documents":[],"notes":"Status carried over from the pre-2026 map with no source and not verified. The first districts re-checked in 2026 were wrong in this data more often than not, so it is recorded as unknown until someone opens the policy. The previous unsourced value is kept in legacy_status."},{"nces_id":null,"name":"Richland County Schools","county":"Richland","status":"unknown","quote":null,"source":null,"last_verified":null,"method":null,"parent_control":null,"documents":[],"notes":"Status carried over from the pre-2026 map with no source and not verified. The first districts re-checked in 2026 were wrong in this data more often than not, so it is recorded as unknown until someone opens the policy. The previous unsourced value is kept in legacy_status."},{"nces_id":"4503390","name":"Richland School District 2","county":"Richland","status":"silent","quote":null,"source":"https://www.richland2.org/departments/communications-and-strategic-partnerships/student-handbook","last_verified":"2026-09-29","method":"searched_document","parent_control":"unknown","documents":[{"kind":"handbook","url":"https://www.richland2.org/departments/communications-and-strategic-partnerships/student-handbook","says":"silent"}],"notes":"1 document found by searching for the district's handbook, code of conduct and board policy and read in full on 2026-09-29; none mentions corporal punishment. State law permits the practice where a district has not prohibited it, so with no written rule it runs on custom; the board policy manual was not located by search or vendor lookup. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory."},{"nces_id":"4503510","name":"Spartanburg School District 2","county":"Spartanburg","status":"silent","quote":null,"source":"https://chs.spart2.org/student_resources/Conduct","last_verified":"2026-09-29","method":"searched_document","parent_control":"unknown","documents":[{"kind":"code_of_conduct","url":"https://chs.spart2.org/student_resources/Conduct","says":"silent"}],"notes":"1 document found by searching for the district's handbook, code of conduct and board policy and read in full on 2026-09-29; none mentions corporal punishment. State law permits the practice where a district has not prohibited it, so with no written rule it runs on custom; the board policy manual was not located by search or vendor lookup. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory."},{"nces_id":"4503570","name":"Spartanburg School District 4","county":"Spartanburg","status":"silent","quote":null,"source":"https://www.spartanburg4.org/departments/school-board/policy-manual","last_verified":"2026-09-29","method":"searched_document","parent_control":"unknown","documents":[{"kind":"board_policy","url":"https://www.spartanburg4.org/departments/school-board/policy-manual","says":"silent"}],"notes":"1 document found by searching for the district's handbook, code of conduct and board policy and read in full on 2026-09-29; none mentions corporal punishment. State law permits the practice where a district has not prohibited it, so with no written rule it runs on custom; the board policy manual was not located by search or vendor lookup. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory."},{"nces_id":"4503660","name":"Spartanburg School District 7","county":"Spartanburg","status":"silent","quote":null,"source":"https://www.spartanburg7.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=10892&ViewID=C9E0416E-F0E7-4626-AA7B-C14D59F72F85&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=17297&PageID=399&Comments=true","last_verified":"2026-09-29","method":"searched_document","parent_control":"unknown","documents":[{"kind":"code_of_conduct","url":"https://www.spartanburg7.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=10892&ViewID=C9E0416E-F0E7-4626-AA7B-C14D59F72F85&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=17297&PageID=399&Comments=true","says":"silent"}],"notes":"1 document found by searching for the district's handbook, code of conduct and board policy and read in full on 2026-09-29; none mentions corporal punishment. State law permits the practice where a district has not prohibited it, so with no written rule it runs on custom; the board policy manual was not located by search or vendor lookup. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory."},{"nces_id":null,"name":"Williamsburg County Schools","county":"Williamsburg","status":"unknown","quote":null,"source":null,"last_verified":null,"method":null,"parent_control":null,"documents":[],"notes":"Status carried over from the pre-2026 map with no source and not verified. The first districts re-checked in 2026 were wrong in this data more often than not, so it is recorded as unknown until someone opens the policy. The previous unsourced value is kept in legacy_status."},{"nces_id":"4503810","name":"York School District 1","county":"York","status":"silent","quote":null,"source":"https://www.york.k12.sc.us/departments/student-services/code-of-conduct","last_verified":"2026-09-29","method":"searched_document","parent_control":"unknown","documents":[{"kind":"code_of_conduct","url":"https://www.york.k12.sc.us/departments/student-services/code-of-conduct","says":"silent"},{"kind":"handbook","url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1726244430/yorkk12scus/cyjsj9l0gw4q1sdgebod/20240710-StudentParentHandbook.pdf","says":"silent"}],"notes":"2 documents found by searching for the district's handbook, code of conduct and board policy and read in full on 2026-09-29; none mentions corporal punishment. State law permits the practice where a district has not prohibited it, so with no written rule it runs on custom; the board policy manual was not located by search or vendor lookup. Identity is name and state matched against the federal LEA directory."}]