EarthPilotEnd School Corporal Punishment

Certificate of Recognition

Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Tennessee

This district's board prohibits corporal punishment in its schools.

Corporal punishment is not an approved disciplinary measure for Memphis-Shelby County Schools and is prohibited. Read from the district's own published policy on 2026-09-25

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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