No person employed or engaged in a school or educational institution, whether public or private, shall inflict or cause to be inflicted corporal punishment upon a pupil attending such school or institution; but any such person may, within the scope of his employment, use and apply such amounts of force as is reasonable and necessary:
(1) to quell a disturbance, threatening physical injury to others;
(2) to obtain possession of weapons or other dangerous objects upon the person or within the control of a pupil;
(3) for the purpose of self-defense; and
(4) for the protection of persons or property;
and such acts, or any of them, shall not be construed to constitute corporal punishment within the meaning and intendment of this section. Every resolution, bylaw, rule, ordinance, or other act or authority permitting or authorizing corporal punishment to be inflicted upon a pupil attending a school or educational institution shall be void.
Notes of Decisions
Smith v. W. Va. State Bd. of Educ., 295 S.E.2d 680 (W. Va. 1982).
“71 § 37G; New Jersey, N.J.Stat.Ann. § 18A:6-1. Corporal punishment has also been prohibited by school districts of several large cities including Baltimore, New York, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and San Francisco.”
Daily v. Bd. of Educ. of Morrill Sch. Dist., 588 N.W.2d 813 (Neb. 1999).
“465 (1997); N.J. Stat. Ann. § 18A:6-1 (West 1989). Other state statutes contain those elements, but also have exceptions that provide, generally, for use of physical contact to maintain order and control.”
Williams v. Red Bank Bd. of Educ., 508 F. Supp. 989 (D.N.J. 1981).
“See N.J.S.A. 18A:6-11. The Board provided plaintiff with notice of the charges and the evidence and plaintiff filed a statement of position on May 27, 1980.”
Sanchez v. Elizabeth Bd. of Educ. (D.N.J. 2024).
· cites it 4× “New Jersey delineates multiple circumstances where a teacher, acting within the scope of their employment, can effectuate a reasonable amount of force and not be subject to civil liability, such as “to quell a disturbance .”
Daily v. Bd. of Educ., 588 N.W.2d 813 (Neb. 1999).
“465 (1997); NJ. Stat. Ann. § 18A:6-1 (West 1989). Other state statutes contain those elements, but also have exceptions that provide, generally, for use of physical contact to maintain order and control.”
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-1(1): 1 case
Sanchez v. Elizabeth Bd. of Educ. (D.N.J. 2024).
“New Jersey delineates multiple circumstances where a teacher, acting within the scope of their employment, can effectuate a reasonable amount of force and not be subject to civil liability, such as “to quell a disturbance .”
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