End School Corporal Punishment

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Indiana

Legal in public schools

No law explicitly bans or allows it; 8 students reported in 2021-22, 16 in 2017-18. SB 531's inclusion of nonpublic schools confirms no existing private-school ban.

The law

No corporal punishment statute; IC 20-33-8-8(b) (school personnel 'stand in the relation of parents' and may take 'any disciplinary action necessary') text

Private schools are not covered.

No statutory limits: no consent requirement, no disability exemption, no witness or record rules.

Bills

  • SB 531 (2025), Sen. J.D. Ford (D): Ban corporal punishment in public, charter and state-accredited nonpublic schools; no hearing failed record

Sources: 1 2 · verified 2026-09-09

Students struck

YearStudentsBlackBoysWith disabilitiesPer 1,000
2017-1816
2021-228062

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

Counties

Indiana has 415 school districts in 92 counties. Each district is drawn in the colour of its own policy; hover one for its name and rule, click to jump to its row. Counties show through where no district is recorded yet.
Lawrence Jennings Jay Johnson Noble Wayne Fulton Hendricks Starke Shelby Wabash Allen Boone Miami Clinton LaGrange Franklin Benton Henry Marshall Greene Pulaski Huntington Decatur Posey Grant Parke Scott Crawford Floyd Ohio Perry Knox Elkhart Sullivan Fountain Lake Tippecanoe Kosciusko Orange Pike Ripley Owen Dubois Madison Martin White Jackson Brown Tipton Gibson Warrick Clark Steuben Vigo Switzerland Jefferson DeKalb Hamilton Howard Marion Montgomery Morgan Harrison Vermillion Blackford Wells Vanderburgh Adams Whitley Delaware St. Joseph Hancock Newton Rush Putnam Spencer Porter Cass Fayette Warren Clay Washington Dearborn Daviess Randolph Jasper Bartholomew LaPorte Monroe Carroll Union
Mixed: some districts here prohibit it, some permit it (25)A district's policy allows it (12)No written rule found; the district reports using it (17)Every sourced district prohibits it (31)District policy not yet checked (2)No district recorded yet: state law applies (5)

The map is counties, and most counties hold several districts: green when every recorded district prohibits it, striped when some prohibit and some permit, red when a district permits it. The table below is district by district. Counties take the state's status unless a recorded district differs. Boundaries: US Census Bureau (public domain). District policies with a source link are verified; the rest were carried over from the original map and are being re-checked.

Districts

229 of 415 Indiana districts listed; 227 checked against the district's own policy. The rest are marked not checked: the pre-2026 map carried a status for them with no source, and the first ones re-checked in 2026 were wrong more often than not, so those values are shown only as a note and are not used to colour the map. Help check this state.

"Struck 2023-24" is the district's own figure from its own Civil Rights Data Collection filing, joined by federal district id. A blank means the district is not among the 832 the collection names, which can mean it reported none or that it reported nothing at all — the public-use file does not distinguish the two, so no claim is made either way.

DistrictCountyPaddlingStruck 2023-24PhonesAIHS startSourceVerified
Adams Central Community SchoolsAdamsProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Alexandria Community School CorpMadisonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Argos Community SchoolsMarshallAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Attica Consolidated School CorpFountainProhibitspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Avon Community School CorpHendricksNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Barr-Reeve Community Schools IncDaviessAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Batesville Community School CorpFranklinProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Baugo Community SchoolsElkhartProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Beech Grove City SchoolsMarionProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Benton Community School CorpBentonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Blackford County SchoolsBlackfordNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Bloomfield School DistrictGreeneProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Blue River Career ProgramsShelbyProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Borden-Henryville School CorporationClarkProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Bremen Public SchoolsMarshallProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Brown County School CorporationBrownProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Brownsburg Community School CorpHendricksProhibits4302 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Cannelton City SchoolsPerryProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Carmel Clay SchoolsHamiltonProhibits4630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Carroll Consolidated School CorpCarrollProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Caston School CorporationFultonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Center Grove Community School CorpJohnsonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Clark-Pleasant Community School CorpJohnsonNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Clarksville Community School CorpClarkProhibitspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Clay Community SchoolsClayAllowspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Clinton Central School CorporationClintonProhibits4302 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Clinton Prairie School CorporationClintonAllowspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Cloverdale Community SchoolsPutnamProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Community Schools Of FrankfortClintonNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-29
Concord Community SchoolsElkhartAllowspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Covington Community School CorpFountainProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Cowan Community School CorpDelawareProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Crawfordsville Community SchoolsMontgomeryProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Crown Point Community School CorpLakeProhibitspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Daleville Community SchoolsDelawareProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Danville Community School CorpHendricksNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Decatur County Community SchoolsDecaturProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Delphi Community School CorpCarrollAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Duneland School CorporationPorterProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
East Allen County SchoolsAllenNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
East Gibson School CorporationGibsonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
East Noble School CorporationNobleProhibitspolicy found & read2026-09-25
East Porter County School CorpPorterNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
East Washington School CorpWashingtonAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Eastern Greene SchoolsGreeneProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Edinburgh Community School CorpJohnsonProhibits5600 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Elkhart Community SchoolsElkhartProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Elwood Community School CorpMadisonAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Eminence Community School CorpMorganAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Evansville Vanderburgh School CorpVanderburghProhibits4630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Evansville Vanderburgh SchoolsVanderburghNot checked
old map said bans		none yet
Fairfield Community SchoolsElkhartProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Fayette County School CorporationFayetteNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Flat Rock-Hawcreek School CorpBartholomewNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Fort Wayne Community SchoolsAllenNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Franklin Community School CorpJohnsonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Franklin County Community School CorpFranklinProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Franklin Township Com Sch CorpMarionProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Frankton-Lapel Community SchoolsMadisonProhibitspolicy records_request2026-10-12
Fremont Community SchoolsSteubenProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Frontier School CorporationWhiteProhibitspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch CorpDeKalbProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Gary Community School CorpLakeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Goshen Community SchoolsElkhartProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Greater Clark County SchoolsClarkProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Greater Jasper Consolidated SchoolDuboisNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-29
Greencastle Community School CorpPutnamProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Greenfield-Central Com SchoolsHancockProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Greensburg Community SchoolsDecaturProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Greenwood Community School CorpJohnsonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Griffith Public SchoolsLakeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Hamilton Community SchoolsDeKalbProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Hamilton Southeastern SchoolsHamiltonProhibitspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Hanover Community School CorpLakeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Huntington Co Com Sch CorpHuntingtonAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Indianapolis Public SchoolsMarionProhibits5601 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Jac-Cen-Del Community School CorpRipleyAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Jay School CorporationJayProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Jennings County School CorporationJenningsProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
John Glenn School CorporationSt. JosephAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Kankakee Valley School CorpJasperProhibits5600 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Knox Community School CorpStarkeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Kokomo School CorporationHowardAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Lafayette School CorporationTippecanoeNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Lake Central School CorporationLakeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Lake Ridge New Tech SchoolsLakeNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Lake Station Community SchoolsLakeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Lakeland School CorporationLaGrangeNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Lanesville Community School CorpHarrisonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Laporte Community School CorpLaPorteProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Lawrenceburg Community School CorpDearbornProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Lebanon Community School CorpBooneNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Lewis Cass SchoolsCassAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Linton-Stockton School CorporationGreeneAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Logansport Community School CorpCassConsent requiredpolicy found & read2026-09-25
Loogootee Community School CorpMartinProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Maconaquah School CorpMiamiProhibitspolicy records_request2026-10-12
Madison Consolidated SchoolsJeffersonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Madison-Grant United School CorpGrantProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Marion Community SchoolsGrantProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Medora Community School CorpJacksonNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Merrillville Community School CorpLakeNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Michigan City Area SchoolsLaPorteProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Middlebury Community SchoolsElkhartAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Milan Community SchoolsRipleyNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Mitchell Community SchoolsLawrenceProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Monroe Central School CorpRandolphNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Monroe County Community School CorpMonroeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Monroe-Gregg School DistrictMorganProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Mooresville Con School CorpMorganProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
MSD Boone TownshipPorterAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
MSD Decatur TownshipMarionProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
MSD Lawrence TownshipMarionProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
MSD Martinsville SchoolsMorganAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
MSD North Posey Co SchoolsPoseyProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
MSD of New Durham TownshipLaPorteProhibits5600 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Msd Pike TownshipMarionProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
MSD Shakamak SchoolsGreeneProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Msd Washington TownshipMarionNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Muncie Community SchoolsDelawareNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Nettle Creek School CorporationWayneProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
New Albany-Floyd Co Con SchFloydProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
New Castle Community School CorpHenryProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
New Prairie United School CorpLaPorteProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson UnitedJohnsonAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Noblesville SchoolsHamiltonNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
North Adams Community SchoolsAdamsNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
North Gibson School CorporationGibsonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
North Judson-San Pierre School CorpStarkeNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
North Knox School CorpKnoxProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
North Lawrence Com SchoolsLawrenceProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
North Miami Community SchoolsMiamiProhibits4090 portal_harvest2026-10-09
North Montgomery Com Sch CorpMontgomeryProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
North Newton School CorpNewtonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
North Spencer County School CorpSpencerAllowspolicy found & read2026-09-25
North West Hendricks SchoolsHendricksNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
North White School CorpWhiteAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Northeast Dubois County School CorpDuboisAllowspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Northeastern Wayne SchoolsWayneProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Northwest Allen County SchoolsAllenNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Northwestern School CorpHowardNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Oak Hill United School CorpGrantProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Oregon-Davis School CorpStarkeAllowspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Orleans Community SchoolsOrangeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Paoli Community School CorpOrangeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Penn-Harris-Madison School CorpSt. JosephProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Perry Central Com Schools CorpPerryProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Perry Township SchoolsMarionNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Peru Community SchoolsMiamiAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Pike County School CorpPikeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Pioneer Regional School CorpCassAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Plainfield Community School CorpHendricksNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Plymouth Community School CorpMarshallAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Portage Township SchoolsPorterProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Porter Township School CorpPorterAllows5600 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Prairie Heights Community School CorpLaGrangeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Randolph Central School CorpRandolphProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Randolph Eastern School CorpRandolphAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Randolph Southern School CorpRandolphAllowspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Rensselaer Central School CorpJasperProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Richland-Bean Blossom C S CMonroeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Richmond Community SchoolsWayneProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Rising Sun-Ohio Co ComOhioProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
River Forest Community School CorpLakeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Rochester Community School CorpFultonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Rush County SchoolsRushAllowspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Salem Community SchoolsWashingtonNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
School City Of East ChicagoLakeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
School City Of HammondLakeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
School City Of HobartLakeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
School City Of MishawakaSt. JosephProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
School City Of WhitingLakeAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
School Town Of HighlandLakeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
School Town Of MunsterLakeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
School Town Of SpeedwayMarionNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Scott County School District 1ScottAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Scott County School District 2ScottNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Seymour Community SchoolsJacksonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Shelby Eastern SchoolsShelbyNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Sheridan Community SchoolsHamiltonNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Silver Creek School CorporationClarkProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Smith-Green Community SchoolsWhitleyAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
South Bend Community School CorpSt. JosephProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
South Central Com School CorpLaPorteAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
South Dearborn Community School CorpDearbornProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
South Gibson School CorpGibsonNot checked
old map said allows		none yet
South Gibson School CorporationGibsonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
South Harrison Com SchoolsHarrisonProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
South Henry School CorpHenryProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
South Madison Com Sch CorpMadisonAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
South Montgomery Com Sch CorpMontgomeryAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
South Newton School CorpNewtonNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
South Spencer County Sch CorpSpencerProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
South Vermillion Com Sch CorpVermillionAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Southeast Dubois County School CorpDuboisProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Southwest Dubois County School CorpDuboisProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Southwest School CorporationSullivanProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Spencer-Owen Community SchoolsOwenAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch CorpDearbornProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Switzerland County School CorpSwitzerlandAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Taylor Community School CorpHowardProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Tippecanoe School CorpTippecanoeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Tri-Central Community SchoolsTiptonAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Tri-County School CorporationWhiteProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Tri-Creek School CorporationLakeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Twin Lakes School CorpWhiteProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Union Co/Clg Corner Joint Sch DistUnionProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Union Township School CorpPorterAllowspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Union-North United School CorpSt. JosephNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Valparaiso Community SchoolsPorterProhibits4302 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Vigo County School CorpVigoNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Vincennes Community School CorpKnoxAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Wa-Nee Community SchoolsElkhartProhibitspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Warrick County School CorpWarrickNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Warsaw Community SchoolsKosciuskoProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Washington Community SchoolsDaviessProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Wawasee Community School CorpKosciuskoProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Wes-Del Community SchoolsDelawareAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
West Central School CorpPulaskiAllowspolicy records_request2026-10-12
West Noble School CorporationNobleAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
West Washington School CorpWashingtonAllows5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Western School CorporationHowardProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Western Wayne SchoolsWayneNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Westview School CorporationLaGrangeProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
White River Valley School DistrictGreeneProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Whitko Community School CorpWhitleyProhibits4302 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Whitley County Con SchoolsWhitleyProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09
Yorktown Community SchoolsDelawareProhibitspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Zionsville Community SchoolsBooneProhibits5630 portal_harvest2026-10-09

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