EarthPilotEnd School Corporal Punishment

Certificate of Recognition

Madison County Schools

Alabama

This district's board has prohibited corporal punishment in its schools since July 1, 2011.

The Board does not permit the use of corporal punishment, which is defined by the Board as bodily punishment restricted to the use of a paddle on the buttocks, as a consequence for inappropriate behavior. Policy 6.13 · Read from the district's own published policy on 2026-09-19

Issued by EarthPilot, an independent project that keeps a public record of which United States school districts permit corporal punishment. This is recognition, not an accreditation, and it is granted on the district's own published policy, which anyone can check: the policy as read. If any of it is wrong, write to us and we will correct the public record.

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