End School Corporal Punishment

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Prohibited in public schools since 1977

Banned by D.C. Board of Education rule, not statute: 5-E DCMR § 2403, final rulemaking published at 24 DCR 1005, 1039 (July 29, 1977), amended 1988 and 2002. The dcregs.dc.gov entry confirms the citation and rulemaking dates but its 'View text' file did not load; the quoted sentence is from DCPS's reproduction of § 2403 in its 2021-22 Social Work Guidebook on dcps.dc.gov.

The law

5-E DCMR § 2403 (D.C. Board of Education rule; 24 DCR 1005, 1039 (July 29, 1977), amended 35 DCR 6013 (1988) and 49 DCR 3485 (2002)) text

Sources: 1 2 · verified 2026-10-12

Students struck

YearStudentsBlackBoysWith disabilitiesPer 1,000
2017-1835

US Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection. Students, not incidents; 2023-24 computed by this project from the raw file.

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