Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 16, § 1161 (2026)

Repealed. 1983, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.

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Subchapter 004 : EFFECTIVE DISCIPLINE MEASURES

(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 1161)

§ 1161. Repealed. 1983, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1973–1982 · leading case: Gonyaw v. Ladue, 361 F. Supp. 366 (D. Vt. 1973).

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Gonyaw v. Ladue, 361 F. Supp. 366 (D. Vt. 1973). · cites it 11× “They also seek a declaratory judgment that 16 V.S.A. § 1161 is unconstitutional. This provision of the Vermont education law authorizes teachers and other school officials to resort to any reasonable punishment, including corporal punishment, in order to maintain discipline in…”

Roberts Ex Rel. Roberts v. Way, 398 F. Supp. 856 (D. Vt. 1975). · cites it 8× “The plaintiffs seek to hold defendant Chesley, Superintendent of the Rutland Public Schools, liable on the theory that he permitted the infliction of bodily punishment, pursuant to 16 V.S.A. § 1161 (1974), without having previously formulated or promulgated “any specific policy…”

Smith v. W. Va. State Bd. of Educ., 295 S.E.2d 680 (W. Va. 1982). “41; Vermont, Vt.Stat.Ann. tit. 16, § 1161; Virginia, Va.”

Morton v. Essex Town Sch. Dist., 443 A.2d 447 (Vt. 1981). “The board found that Morton had violated the Essex Town school directors’ policy which forbids corporal punishment, the staff handbook that prohibits corporal punishment, and 16 V.S.A. § 1161 relative to the use of corporal punishment in any Vermont public school.”

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