End School Corporal Punishment

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Wyoming

Legal in public schools

The statute grants immunity rather than authorizing the practice. Press in 2022-23 reported one to three of 48 districts still had it in policy (Niobrara County SD #1 named) and no incidents reported federally since 2012; Laramie County SD 1 reaffirmed its prohibition in October 2025. Advocate: principal Jeff Jones.

The law

W.S. § 21-4-308(b) (immunity for reasonable corporal discipline authorized by board policy) text

Private schools are not covered.

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

Bills

  • SF0047 (2023 General Session), Joint Education Interim Committee: Repeal immunity for corporal discipline; Senate 26-5, House Committee of the Whole failed 12-47 on February 14, 2023 failed record
  • HB0065 (2026 Budget Session), Joint Education Interim Committee: Require district discipline policies, parental notice and reporting; repeal the corporal-discipline immunity; failed introduction 38-24 (two-thirds needed) February 9, 2026 failed record

Sources: 1 2 3 4 · verified 2026-09-09

Students struck

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

Counties

Wyoming has 51 school districts in 23 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.
Natrona Converse Park Lincoln Sublette Albany Platte Crook Goshen Johnson Sweetwater Teton Sheridan Niobrara Uinta Washakie Fremont Weston Big Horn Hot Springs Laramie Carbon Campbell
No written rule found; the district reports using it (12)Every sourced district prohibits it (3)District policy not yet checked (1)No district recorded yet: state law applies (7)

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

21 of 51 Wyoming districts listed; 18 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
Albany County School District #1AlbanyProhibitspolicy found & read2026-09-25
Carbon County School District #1CarbonProhibits4.39 own manual2026-09-25
Carbon County School District #2CarbonNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Converse County School District #1ConverseNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-29
Crook County School District #1CrookNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Fremont County School District # 2FremontNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Fremont County School District #14FremontNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Fremont County School District 25FremontNot checked
old map said allows		none yet
Goshen County School District #1GoshenProhibits4.39 own manual2026-09-25
Hot Springs County School District #1Hot SpringsNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Laramie County School District 1LaramieNot checked
old map said allows		none yet
Lincoln County School District #2LincolnNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Natrona County School DistrictNatronaNot checked
old map said allows		none yet
Natrona County School District #1NatronaNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Niobrara County School District #1NiobraraNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Park County School District # 1ParkNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Sheridan County School District #1SheridanNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Sheridan County School District #2SheridanNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Sublette County School District #1SubletteProhibits4.39 own manual2026-09-25
Sweetwater County School District #1SweetwaterNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26
Uinta County School District #4UintaNo written rulepolicy found & read2026-09-26

In the news

Do something

Parents

File the written refusal with your child's school. In this state the burden is on you to say no; the school must honor it.

Everyone

Write the board or your legislator with the numbers above. The templates cite only verified facts.

Agents

Every district in this state needs a sourced policy entry. The district scan takes about an hour per 40 districts.