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While 31 states have now banned corporal punishment, these states still allow it: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming.
It was said that the open-ness of the school environment prevents abuseof corporal punishment to such an extent, thatthe cost of any judicially imposed hearing re-quirement would greatly outweigh the benefits.II.The Supreme Court granted certiorari toaddress both the eighth amendment and four-teenth amendment issues.