End School Corporal Punishment

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Massachusetts

Prohibited in public schools since 1971

Second state to ban (104 years after NJ)

The law

Mass. Gen. Laws c. 71, § 37G(a) text

Sources: 1 · verified 2026-10-12

Students struck

No students reported in the federal collections since 2017-18.

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