End School Corporal Punishment

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New York

Prohibited in public schools since 1985

Public-school ban by regulation since 1985; the 2023 law, signed October 25, 2023, directs the Commissioner to prohibit corporal punishment in any school in the state, public or private.

The law

N.Y. Educ. Law §§ 305, 1125 (A5010A/S5261A, 2023 ch. 551) text

Private schools are also covered.

Sources: 1 2 · verified 2026-10-12

Students struck

YearStudentsBlackBoysWith disabilitiesPer 1,000
2017-185
2021-224232

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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