112th Congress: 2011-2012
Click here for a summary of this bill.
Please weigh the evidence!
FACT: The U.S. stands alone among developed nations in its failure to prohibit corporal punishment of schoolchildren.
FACT: In the schools of nineteen states where the practice is legal, 1/4 million beatings of students occur annually.
FACT: Corporal punishment typically involves battering the pelvic area with a wooden board. The same act perpetrated against an adult constitutes sexual assault and battery — a felony.
FACT: In addition to the risk of physical injury, corporal punishment can cause long-lasting anxiety, social withdrawal, and depression.
FACT: Any school where the use of corporal punishment is part of policy is at risk of becoming a magnet and sanctuary for sadistic teachers.
FACT: Corporal punishment by educators promotes child abuse in the general community.
Then contact the representatives listed in the left-hand column below, and urge them to become co-sponsors of H.R. 3027. If they heed your good advice, we'll move them to the column at the right.Twenty members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce must become co-sponsors of H.R. 3027 before it can move ahead for consideration by the House of Representatives. If passed by the House, it then goes to the Senate. If passed by the Senate, it goes to the President's desk for signature.
To date only 4 members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce have become co-sponsors. It needs the support of 16 more members before it can advance to the next stage.
Though the House is scheduled to be in session until December 8th, December 2nd is the last scheduled voting date in 2011 for HR 3027.
Click here for committee members' contact e-mail addresses and a few sample letters. Please act on this without delay!
 Rep. JOHN KLINE [R-MN] US Education and Workforce Chairman 2439 Rayburn House Office Building Wash DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2271 Fax: (202) 225-2595
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 Rep. CAROLYN MCCARTHY [D NY4] H.R. 3027 Sponsor 2346 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-5516 Fax: (202) 225-5758
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