Thousands of students protected from paddling [TheNewStar.com]

Samantha Sangenito 6/12/1710:47 AM

House Bill 497 by Barbara Norton, D-Shreveport, which would have completely banned corporal punishment in public schools, cleared a House committee but was soundly defeated by the full House.

Norton said she hopes Foil's bill is an incremental step in the eventual prohibition of paddling.

"It doesn't work today; it didn't work yesterday," Norton said again Monday in her oft-repeated assessment.

She plans to try again next year for a complete ban.

Opponents said completely removing the option of corporal punishment would result in more expulsions.

But Norton said opponents didn't produce any evidence that corporal punishment is effective.

[For more of this story, written by Greg Hillburn, go to http://www.thenewsstar.com/sto.../paddline/370195001/]

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